LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Hi,

we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in
any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe.  The cause wa the use
of an entry

	LICENSE = "GPL"

which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL".  A scan detected that the
same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:

bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL"
meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"

Eventually these should be fixed, too?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
Human beings were created by water to transport it uphill.

Re: LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

[Flanagan, Elizabeth]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in
> any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe.  The cause wa the use
> of an entry
>
>        LICENSE = "GPL"
>
> which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL".  A scan detected that the
> same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
>
> bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
>
> Eventually these should be fixed, too?

Yes, GPL is somewhat meaningless so these should be audited to
determine the correct GPL version and corrected.

-b

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
> --
> DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
> HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
> Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
> Human beings were created by water to transport it uphill.
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Elizabeth Flanagan
Yocto Project
Build and Release

Re: LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Elizabeth,

In message <CAPhnLPDzcwr+0uMFk274KKtfbGD48-z5yQDqD=JozLO0jA9QRA@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL".  A scan detected that the
> > same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
> >
> > bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL"
> > meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
> > meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
> > meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> > meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> > meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "G> PL"
> >
> > Eventually these should be fixed, too?
>
> Yes, GPL is somewhat meaningless so these should be audited to
> determine the correct GPL version and corrected.

Should I create an entry in the bug database?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

Re: LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 12-05-14 04:11 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we noticed warnings like "No generic license file exists for: GPL in
> any provider" for our own linux kernel recipe.  The cause wa the use
> of an entry
>
> 	LICENSE = "GPL"
>
> which whould read "GPLv2" instead of "GPL".  A scan detected that the
> same string "GPL" is used in a number of other recipes:
>
> bitbake/lib/bb/shell.py:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"

I've updated this license to be more specific. I'm not sure if a bug
was opened for the other ones, but I took care of the one that I
look after.

Cheers,

Bruce

> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-bsp/x-load/x-load.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc:LICENSE = "GPL"
> meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb:LICENSE = "GPL"
>
> Eventually these should be fixed, too?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>