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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index b94df4e580..0f006c790d 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -9972,16 +9972,29 @@ <literallayout class='monospaced'> COPY_LIC_MANIFEST = "1" COPY_LIC_DIRS = "1" + LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE = "1" </literallayout> Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures that the licenses collected during package generation are included on your image. + </para> + + <para> As the source archiver has already archived the original unmodified source that contains the license files, you would have already met the requirements for inclusion 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'> |