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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-02-15 10:09:15 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-03-03 17:40:10 +0000 |
| commit | 41e9f7cdac0998b4606007210480ec89874e596f (patch) | |
| tree | ea086e369974e91c2a5517f2d86300b1bb6f1e90 /documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | |
| parent | 5066fbcfb4ef146ed800b1ef0dd6eaf938fd0d90 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-41e9f7cdac0998b4606007210480ec89874e596f.tar.gz | |
dev-manual, ref-manual: Updated licensing text information.
Fixes [YOCTO #8634]
To clear up the behavior the COPY_LIC_DIRS, COPY_LIC_MANIFEST,
and LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE variable behaviors, I updated the
glossary descriptions of the variables. Also, added more info
to the "Providing License Text" section in the dev-manual. Tied
everything together with good referencing.
(From yocto-docs rev: e7b2a1ed29dcd9d572b71f756e7705e6499a05ac)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 0f006c790d..e0db037454 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -9977,6 +9977,25 @@ Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures that the licenses collected during package generation are included on your image. + <note> + <para>Setting all three variables to "1" results in the + image having two copies of the same license file. + One copy resides in + <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename> and + the other resides in + <filename>/usr/share/license</filename>.</para> + + <para>The reason for this behavior is because + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></ulink> + and + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></ulink> + add a copy of the license when the image is built but do not + offer a path for adding licenses for newly installed packages + to an image. + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></ulink> + adds a separate package and an upgrade path for adding + licenses to an image.</para> + </note> </para> <para> @@ -9986,15 +10005,6 @@ of the license information with source as defined by the GPL and other open source licenses. </para> - - <para> - See the - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></ulink>, - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></ulink>, - and - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></ulink> - variable descriptions for more information. - </para> </section> <section id='providing-compilation-scripts-and-source-code-modifications'> |