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Week 08 Meetings and Activities

Integration of ORT with FOSSology Sync Meeting 8​

(August 4, 2025)

Attendees​

Discussion​

  • The main focus this week was on plugin refactoring to enhance the license detection output by including line numbers.

  • During a deep dive into the NOMOS agent code, especially the JSON output handling, I discovered that the -S flag (used together with -J) provides byte offsets. These offsets can then be translated into line numbers, solving the issue of missing positional information in license results.

  • Implemented and tested this approach in the NOMOS plugin integration for ORT.

  • To illustrate the improvement, I captured before vs. after screenshots of the scan results:

    • Before (without line numbers):
      Nomos Result Before

    • After (with line numbers):
      Nomos Result After

  • Additionally, I began exploring Docker basics to prepare for future containerized workflows and testing setups.

Progress​

  • Refactored the NOMOS plugin to make use of the -S flag, enabling byte offset extraction along with JSON output.
  • Implemented logic to map byte offsets to line numbers, thereby improving the quality and usability of license findings.
  • Tested the implementation locally and validated results against multiple scan samples.
  • Prepared comparison screenshots (before vs after) to clearly demonstrate the improvement in scan results.
  • Looked into Docker fundamentals, including image building and workflow basics, to strengthen understanding for upcoming integration tasks.

Next Steps​

  • Finalize the line number integration in the NOMOS plugin and clean up the implementation for maintainability.
  • Continue addressing ongoing PR feedback from ORT maintainers to align with ORT plugin standards.
  • Begin working on a Docker-based test setup to streamline reproducibility and CI integration.