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Mend software provides several methods for user login. In GÉANT, use the single sign-on login (SSO):
- Open Mend login at http://mend.software.geant.org/.
Click Sign in with SSO.
Enter your GÉANT email address to be forwarded to the GÉANT login page.
- Log in with your identity provider as you would for other GÉANT services.
- Your GÉANT Mend Home Page opens.
For more information on accounts management and customisation of Mend and products visibility, see MANUAL: Accessing Mend and visibility levels (note this page is stored in a private space and it can be accessed only by GN4-3 members)
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The dashboard in Mend can be at the organisation (GÉANT), Product or Project level. A detailed explanation of the terms Products, Projects, and Organisations in Mend is here. In a nutshell: your team is working on a Mend 'product' which may consist of several related pieces of software, which are in Mend called 'projects'.
The dashboard at the organisation level is Mend Home Page; at the product level, it is Product Page, and at the project level, Project Page. Regardless of the level, the dashboard contains the following key information:
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The Library table in the header has a link to the Inventory Report. This report is a tabular view of detailed information about open-source libraries. The Inventory Report provides the following columns for each library:
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- Name - Name of the licence
- Occurrences - Number of occurrences by libraries
- Copyright - Copyright Risk Score which is a measurement of the risk related to copyright (in general terms, regardless of the product or project licence)
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License - The name of the licence for the library
License Type - The type of licence (Open Source, Closed Source, Unknown)
Risk - The licence copyright risk score (for details, see Risk Score Attribution)
Library - The name of the open-source library (click the library name to be forwarded to its Library Details page)
License Reference - Includes an indication as to where the licence was found
Copyright - The range of years for the library's copyright
Homepage - Link to the homepage of the library
Author - The name of the author of the library
Project - The project where the library is used
Product - The product where the library is used
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Interpreting Risk Report
The Risk Report is a tool that provides a view of all aspects of open-source libraries concerning their licences, security, quality and compliance.
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Interpreting License Compatibility Report
The License Compatibility Report provides information on the compatibility of libraries with different software licences distributed together in the same product or project.
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By default, anyone who applies to Mend can see the content of all non-restricted GÉANT products and projects in Mend. It is possible to restrict read permissions to scan results for specific products and projects. You can contact the GEANT Mend support to get access to a specific project that has limited visibility or to restrict the permissions for a specified product or project.
You may also ask the GEANT Mend support for the Product Administrator role to manage the access to your project, after which the responsibility of the entire product will be on you.