Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] common-licenses, licenses.conf: Remove duplicate licenses

["Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Peter Kjellerstedt
> Sent: den 5 september 2021 10:29
> To: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
> Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer <openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org>
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] common-licenses, licenses.conf: Remove
> duplicate licenses
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
> > Sent: den 5 september 2021 01:52
> > To: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
> > Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer <openembedded-
> > core@lists.openembedded.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] common-licenses, licenses.conf: Remove
> > duplicate licenses
> >
> > meta-oe was using BSD-0-Clause see
> > https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/builders/88/builds/1506
> > I have sent a fix for that
> 
> That shouldn't be a problem as the patch below sets up mappings from the
> old names to the SPDX names. But of course, it is always a good idea to
> use the SPDX names directly rather than relying on the aliases.

Right, and now I have actually read your patch and realized that it was 
using the actual BSD-0-Clause file, so yes, that patch is needed. Thank 
you.

> //Peter
> 
> > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:40 PM Peter Kjellerstedt
> > <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This removes BSD-0-Clause, Nauman, tcl and vim and adds mappings for
> > > them to their SPDX counterparts (0BSD, Naumen, TCL and Vim).
> > >
> > > It also removes FreeType, which already had a mapping to FTL.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > In case anyone is interested, the following command (executed in
> > > meta/files/common-licenses) can be used to list all licenses that are
> > > not present in spdx-licenses.json:
> > >
> > >   ls | grep -Ev "^($(sed -nre 's/.*"licenseId": "(.*)".*/\1/p'
> > ../../files/spdx-licenses.json | sort | tr '\n' '|'))\$"
> > >
> > >  meta/conf/licenses.conf                 |  30 +++--
> > >  meta/files/common-licenses/BSD-0-Clause |  12 --
> > >  meta/files/common-licenses/FreeType     | 170 -----------------------
> -
> > >  meta/files/common-licenses/Nauman       |  50 -------
> > >  meta/files/common-licenses/tcl          |  40 ------
> > >  meta/files/common-licenses/vim          |  81 -----------
> > >  6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 365 deletions(-)
> > >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/BSD-0-Clause
> > >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/FreeType
> > >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/Nauman
> > >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/tcl
> > >  delete mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/vim
> > >
> > > diff --git a/meta/conf/licenses.conf b/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > > index e2bd58f84a..991fb6cc23 100644
> > > --- a/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > > +++ b/meta/conf/licenses.conf
> > > @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SPDXLICENSEMAP[AGPLv3.0+] = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AGPL-3.0] = "AGPL-3.0-only"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AGPL-3.0+] = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >
> > > +# BSD variations
> > > +SPDXLICENSEMAP[BSD-0-Clause] = "0BSD"
> > > +
> > >  # GPL variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPL-1] = "GPL-1.0-only"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPL-1+] = "GPL-1.0-or-later"
> > > @@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPLv3.0+] = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPL-3.0] = "GPL-3.0-only"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPL-3.0+] = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >
> > > -#LGPL variations
> > > +# LGPL variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPLv2] = "LGPL-2.0-only"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPLv2+] = "LGPL-2.0-or-later"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPLv2.0] = "LGPL-2.0-only"
> > > @@ -63,49 +66,52 @@ SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPLv3+] = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPL-3.0] = "LGPL-3.0-only"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[LGPL-3.0+] = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
> > >
> > > -#MPL variations
> > > +# MPL variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MPL-1] = "MPL-1.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MPLv1] = "MPL-1.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MPLv1.1] = "MPL-1.1"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MPLv2] = "MPL-2.0"
> > >
> > > -#MIT variations
> > > +# MIT variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MIT-X] = "MIT"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[MIT-style] = "MIT"
> > >
> > > -#Openssl variations
> > > +# Openssl variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[openssl] = "OpenSSL"
> > >
> > > -#PSF variations
> > > +# PSF variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[PSF] = "PSF-2.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[PSFv2] = "PSF-2.0"
> > >
> > > -#Python variations
> > > +# Python variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[Python-2] = "Python-2.0"
> > >
> > > -#Apache variations
> > > +# Apache variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[Apachev2] = "Apache-2.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[Apache-2] = "Apache-2.0"
> > >
> > > -#Artistic variations
> > > +# Artistic variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[Artisticv1] = "Artistic-1.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[Artistic-1] = "Artistic-1.0"
> > >
> > > -#Academic variations
> > > +# Academic variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AFL-2] = "AFL-2.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AFL-1] = "AFL-1.2"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AFLv2] = "AFL-2.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[AFLv1] = "AFL-1.2"
> > >
> > > -#CDDL variations
> > > +# CDDL variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[CDDLv1] = "CDDL-1.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[CDDL-1] = "CDDL-1.0"
> > >
> > > -#Other variations
> > > +# Other variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[EPLv1.0] = "EPL-1.0"
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[FreeType] = "FTL"
> > > +SPDXLICENSEMAP[Nauman] = "Naumen"
> > > +SPDXLICENSEMAP[tcl] = "TCL"
> > > +SPDXLICENSEMAP[vim] = "Vim"
> > >
> > > -#Silicon Graphics variations
> > > +# Silicon Graphics variations
> > >  SPDXLICENSEMAP[SGIv1] = "SGI-1"
> > >
> > >  # Additional license directories. Add your custom licenses
> directories
> > this path.
> > > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/BSD-0-Clause
> > b/meta/files/common-licenses/BSD-0-Clause
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index 328bdd6aee..0000000000
> > > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/BSD-0-Clause
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> > > -Copyright (C) <YEAR> by <OWNER>
> > > -
> > > -Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
> > any
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> > > -
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> > WARRANTIES
> > > -WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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> > > -ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
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> > > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/FreeType b/meta/files/common-
> > licenses/FreeType
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index 3666649f3e..0000000000
> > > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/FreeType
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
> > > -                    The FreeType Project LICENSE
> > > -                    ----------------------------
> > > -
> > > -                            2006-Jan-27
> > > -
> > > -                    Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 by
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> > > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/Nauman b/meta/files/common-
> > licenses/Nauman
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index 69ce785ff3..0000000000
> > > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/Nauman
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
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> > licenses/tcl
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index d8049cd9e7..0000000000
> > > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/tcl
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
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> > > deleted file mode 100644
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> > > --- a/meta/files/common-licenses/vim
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
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