Commit 9913dded authored by Gerardo Gutierrez's avatar Gerardo Gutierrez Committed by Suzanne Selhorn

Added activation section

parent a6dec7d9
...@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ You can take advantage of License Compliance by either: ...@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ You can take advantage of License Compliance by either:
[Auto License Compliance](../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#auto-license-compliance), [Auto License Compliance](../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#auto-license-compliance),
provided by [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md). provided by [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md).
The [License Finder](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder) scan tool runs as part of the CI/CD To detect the licenses in use, License Compliance uses the [License Finder](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder) scan tool that runs as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
pipeline, and detects the licenses in use. GitLab checks the License Compliance report, compares the For the job to activate, License Finder needs to find a compatible package definition in the project directory. For details, see the [Activation on License Finder documentation](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder#activation).
GitLab checks the License Compliance report, compares the
licenses between the source and target branches, and shows the information right on the merge licenses between the source and target branches, and shows the information right on the merge
request. Denied licenses are indicated by a `x` red icon next to them as well as new licenses that request. Denied licenses are indicated by a `x` red icon next to them as well as new licenses that
need a decision from you. In addition, you can [manually allow or deny](#policies) licenses in your need a decision from you. In addition, you can [manually allow or deny](#policies) licenses in your
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