Re: [PATCH] common-licenses: Adding netperf

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>]

On Tuesday 09 July 2013 08:01:58 Liu Ting-B28495 wrote:
> Netperf is restricted license. I don't think oe-core will accept it.
> 
> We add below line in fsl-setup-poky:
> echo "# whiteliste restricted license" >> conf/local.conf
> echo "LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST = \"non-commercial_netperf\"" >>
> conf/local.conf
> 
> -Ting
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guo Chunrong-B40290
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:47 PM
> > To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> > Cc: Liu Ting-B28495; Luo Zhenhua-B19537; Guo Chunrong-B40290; Guo
> > Chunrong-B40290
> > Subject: [OE-core][PATCH] common-licenses: Adding netperf
> > 
> >        *netperf requires it's own specific license when
> >        add meta-openembedded layer
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chunrong Guo <B40290@freescale.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  meta/files/common-licenses/netperf |   43
> > 
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> >  1 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)  create mode 100644
> > 
> > meta/files/common-licenses/netperf
> > 
> > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/netperf b/meta/files/common-
> > licenses/netperf
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3f3ceb2
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/meta/files/common-licenses/netperf
> > @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> > +
> > +
> > +              Copyright (C) 1993 Hewlett-Packard Company
> > +                         ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
> > +
> > +  The enclosed software and documentation includes copyrighted works
> > + of Hewlett-Packard Co. For as long as you comply with the following
> > + limitations, you are hereby authorized to (i) use, reproduce, and
> > + modify the software and documentation, and to (ii) distribute the
> > + software and documentation, including modifications, for
> > + non-commercial purposes only.
> > +
> > +  1.  The enclosed software and documentation is made available at no
> > +      charge in order to advance the general development of
> > +      high-performance networking products.
> > +
> > +  2.  You may not delete any copyright notices contained in the
> > +      software or documentation. All hard copies, and copies in
> > +      source code or object code form, of the software or
> > +      documentation (including modifications) must contain at least
> > +      one of the copyright notices.
> > +
> > +  3.  The enclosed software and documentation has not been subjected
> > +      to testing and quality control and is not a Hewlett-Packard Co.
> > +      product. At a future time, Hewlett-Packard Co. may or may not
> > +      offer a version of the software and documentation as a product.
> > +
> > +  4.  THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS".
> > +      HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE,
> > +      REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE OR
> > +      DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE A THIRD PARTY'S INTELLECTUAL
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> > +
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> > +
> > +
> > --

The answer here may be that the layer that adds the recipe (meta-networking in 
this case) should add the license rather than it being added to OE-Core. To do 
this, add the following to the layer's conf/layer.conf:

LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/licenses"

Then put the netperf file in a "licenses" subdirectory within the layer.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre