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Subject: Re: LICENSE = "GPL" -- problem?
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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
>