From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFAF46C14C for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:32:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Mar 2019 16:32:13 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,254,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="309294187" Received: from pyeoh1-mobl2.gar.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([10.255.177.212]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Mar 2019 16:32:09 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: Khem Raj , Joshua Watt Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:32:06 +1300 Message-ID: <1698450.TmOFBMJAC0@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Intel Corporation In-Reply-To: References: <6a15a264cf5e3cbe0df1614387cd2eb9fc421ac7.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembeded-devel Subject: Re: [meta-oe][PATCH 4/4] faad2: set LICENSE_FLAGS X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:32:13 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Friday, 22 March 2019 10:29:13 AM NZDT Khem Raj wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 2:09 PM Joshua Watt wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2018-08-13 at 19:50 +0200, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > > Commercial usage requires a license according to the homepage, so set > > > LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial" to indicate that. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton > > > --- > > > meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/faad2/faad2_2.7.bb | 2 ++ > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/faad2/faad2_2.7.bb b/meta- > > > oe/recipes-multimedia/faad2/faad2_2.7.bb > > > index b777831ad..9e5a3817a 100644 > > > --- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/faad2/faad2_2.7.bb > > > +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/faad2/faad2_2.7.bb > > > @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2" > > > > > > LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = > > > "file://COPYING;md5=381c8cbe277a7bc1ee2ae6083a04c958" > > > > > > +LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial" > > > + > > > > My understanding was that faad2 was GPLv2, but you could *optionally* > > get a commercial license for it if you needed one. Is the LICENSE_FLAG > > necessary in that case? It seems like the default license of GPLv2 > > would apply unless you worked something out with them to get a > > commercial license? > > Sometimes the use determines the license enforcement. e.g. it might > be GPLed for personal use but not for selling products. Also, the GPL unfortunately is not the only concern if you read the full upstream README. I think it's best to err on the side of caution, after all there is the ability for to set LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST signifying "yes I have checked and my usage is OK". Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre