LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?
Hi,
we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe. The cause wa the use of an entry
LICENSE = "GPL"
which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL". A scan detected that the same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
Eventually these should be fixed, too?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Hi,
we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe. The cause wa the use of an entry
LICENSE = "GPL"
which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL". A scan detected that the same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
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bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
Eventually these should be fixed, too?
Yes, GPL is somewhat meaningless so these should be audited to determine the correct GPL version and corrected.
-b
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Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL". A scan detected that the same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "G> PL"
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Eventually these should be fixed, too?
Yes, GPL is somewhat meaningless so these should be audited to determine the correct GPL version and corrected.
Should I create an entry in the bug database?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected] Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
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Hi,
we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe. The cause wa the use of an entry
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LICENSE = "GPL"
which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL". A scan detected that the same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
I've updated this license to be more specific. I'm not sure if a bug was opened for the other ones, but I took care of the one that I look after.
Cheers,
Bruce
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meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL" meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
Eventually these should be fixed, too?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk