[yocto] Yocto distribution license

[Randy MacLeod]

On 1/14/19 5:42 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> The license is the sum of the parts.
> 
> Ross

+1

It would be possible that the build system would
attempt to restrict usage but bitbake is GPLv2 licensed
and oe-core classes and recipes are mostly under MIT as
explained here:
    http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/LICENSE

../Randy


> 
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 06:35, Edward Wingate <edwingate8 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:edwingate8 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I understand that a Linux distribution created with Yocto is composed
>     of various packages, each with their own license, and the obligations
>     of the licenses must be met.  But are there any
>     restrictions/obligations on the distribution itself when created with
>     Yocto? Or is the license of a Linux distribution created by Yocto
>     determined by whoever created it?
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