From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>, buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/dvb-firmware: new package
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:37:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221228093724.397df80e@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221227215802.GC2498764@scaer>
Hello,
On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:58:02 +0100
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:
> > > +DVB_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 1.4.2
> > > +DVB_FIRMWARE_SITE = $(call github,LibreELEC,dvb-firmware,$(DVB_FIRMWARE_VERSION))
> > > +DVB_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = PROPRIETARY
> > > +DVB_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
> >
> > This DVB_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO is not good, as it would actually
> > encourage people to violate the license of those firmware files. Indeed
> > what DVB_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO says is "to not mention this
> > package in the manifest" and "do not copy the license files".
>
> Wrong. _REDISTRIBUTE = NO does not exclude the package from the manifest
> or from copying the license files; it only restricts copying the source
> tarball and the applied patches. The entry in the manifest is still
> added, and the license files are still copied.
Aaah, I didn't remember this. Thanks for the reminder! Then my point is
moot, I suppose (even though the fact that the package was missing
LICENSE_FILES in fact prevented the collection of license files into
legal-info).
Thomas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-28 8:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-26 18:03 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/dvb-firmware: new package Bernd Kuhls
2022-12-27 21:43 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2022-12-27 21:58 ` Yann E. MORIN
2022-12-28 8:37 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot [this message]
[not found] ` <20221227224354.3b1d1fdf__40547.9438648158$1672177457$gmane$org@windsurf>
2022-12-27 22:30 ` Bernd Kuhls
2022-12-28 10:00 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2022-12-28 22:22 ` Bernd Kuhls
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