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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-10-19 08:51:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-10-19 17:38:53 +0100 |
| commit | 07884bdfffe9ab581685819022cc270524c1842b (patch) | |
| tree | ce91de05cc306185c93ce57d3dfa70670f35b706 /documentation | |
| parent | bff24c5a6a4188fbd0bd835cdf373542c296e2d2 (diff) | |
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documenation: poky-ref-manual - updates to the LICENSE variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: 68bb94ccb879401d65e652746f138a139eaa0ca4)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index ca3d87c..ec1f6cb 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1407,7 +1407,39 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-LICENSE'><glossterm>LICENSE</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>The list of package source licenses.</para> + <para> + The list of source licenses for the recipe. + Follow these rules: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Do not use spaces within individual + license names.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Separate license names using + | (pipe) when there is a choice between licenses. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Separate license names using + & (ampersand) when multiple licenses exist + that cover different parts of the source. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>You can use spaces between license + names.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para> + Here are some examples: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3" + LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1" + LICENSE = "GPLv2+" + </literallayout> + The first example is from the recipes for Qt, which the user + may choose to distribute under either the LGPL version + 2.1 or GPL version 3. + The second example is from Cairo where two licenses cover + different parts of the source code. + The final example is from <filename>sysstat</filename>, + which presents a single license. + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |
