From 2a3942bd2aca16f97f21b657e0d9737ab391ec1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 15:16:56 -0800 Subject: dev-manual: Updated section on adding license text. Fixes [YOCTO #8634] I updated the "Providing License Text" section to include some verbiage on the new CREATE_LICENSE_PACKAGE variable. (From yocto-docs rev: db2155875dd741000e5f67253486580bba70584f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml') 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 @@ COPY_LIC_MANIFEST = "1" COPY_LIC_DIRS = "1" + LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE = "1" Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures that the licenses collected during package generation are included on your image. + + + 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. + + + See the + LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE, + COPY_LIC_DIRS, + and + COPY_LIC_MANIFEST + variable descriptions for more information. +
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