[yocto] LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon May 14 14:12:27 PDT 2012


Dear Elizabeth,

In message <CAPhnLPDzcwr+0uMFk274KKtfbGD48-z5yQDqD=JozLO0jA9QRA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > 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"
> >
> > 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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