From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Schoenert Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:03:58 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Update documentation [was] Re: [PATCH] package/libmicrohttpd: minor fixes and additions In-Reply-To: <51CA0AD2.7030006@mind.be> References: <1372187313-15042-1-git-send-email-c.schoenert@gmail.com> <51CA0AD2.7030006@mind.be> Message-ID: <51CB3B1E.90605@googlemail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello again, Am 25.06.2013 23:25, schrieb Arnout Vandecappelle: > I would write "LGPLv2.1+ or eCos license" to make the choice more > explicit, else it looks as if both licenses apply. I have a take a look into the documenation and this part is missing that kind of info. I have tried to wrote some informative, what do you think? > diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt > index faf70b1..f31e069 100644 > --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt > +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt > @@ -328,6 +328,24 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : > ambiguous names such as +BSD+ which actually name a family of licenses. > This variable is optional. If it is not defined, +unknown+ will appear in > the +license+ field of the manifest file for this package. > + If the package is licensed with more than one license just write all > + licenses into that line and make clear how the usage of the licenses are > + interact. > + > +For example the package could licensed under LGPLv2.1+ or MIT: > + > +--------------------------------- > +LIBFOO_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+ or MIT > +--------------------------------- > + > +Some packages may need two licenses at the same time, that would be the > +opposite of the above example. Then you have to combine the two licenses > +(don't forget to check if there are two, or more, fields in > ++LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES+ needed): > + > +-------------------------------------- > +LIBFOO_LICENSE = Special1 and Special2 > +-------------------------------------- > > * +LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES+ is a space-separated list of files in the package > tarball that contain the license(s) under which the package is released. Regards Carsten