From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 21:54:38 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] docs/manual: document format for specifying licenses In-Reply-To: <1453698340-13777-1-git-send-email-rahul.bedarkar@imgtec.com> References: <1453698340-13777-1-git-send-email-rahul.bedarkar@imgtec.com> Message-ID: <20160306215438.4d75baf0@free-electrons.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Rahul Bedarkar, On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:35:40 +0530, Rahul Bedarkar wrote: > + ** If the package is released under multiple licenses, then +comma+ separate I found the wording "If the package is released under multiple licenses" as potentially confusing, as it could be understood as the dual licensing case. So I've changed that to: + ** If different parts of the package are released under different + licenses Which I believe is clearer. > + licenses (e.g. +`LIBFOO_LICENSE = GPLv2+, LGPLv2.1+`+). If there is clear > + distinction between which component is licensed under what license, then > + annotate the license with that component > + (e.g. +`LIBFOO_LICENSE = GPLv2+ (programs), LGPLv2.1+ (libraries)`+). I've explicited: "annonate the license with that component between parenthesis". And applied to master. Thanks! Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com