64 files changed, 67 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
index 676d2e567..9c9e5ca7a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The vblade program (storage target) exports a blockdevice using AoE. \
 "
 HOMEPAGE = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/${BPN}"
 SECTION = "admin"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "kernel-module-aoe"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/arptables/arptables_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/arptables/arptables_git.bb
index a4eaa9ff3..898b69682 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/arptables/arptables_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/arptables/arptables_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "Administration tool for arp packet filtering"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
 SRCREV = "efae8949e31f8b2eb6290f377a28384cecaf105a"
 PV = "0.0.5+git${SRCPV}"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.7.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.7.1.bb
index 85a7e59d5..cf0fc1c33 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.7.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Tools for ethernet bridging"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f9d20a453221a1b7e32ae84694da2c37"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/chrony/chrony_4.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/chrony/chrony_4.2.bb
index 609aaab88..57dd635dc 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/chrony/chrony_4.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/chrony/chrony_4.2.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the client program only."
 
 HOMEPAGE = "https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://download.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony-${PV}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/cifs/cifs-utils_6.14.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/cifs/cifs-utils_6.14.bb
index 7821a120e..d4cdda0f8 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/cifs/cifs-utils_6.14.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/cifs/cifs-utils_6.14.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A a package of utilities for doing and managing mounts of the Linux CIFS filesystem."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils"
 SECTION = "otherosfs"
-LICENSE = "GPLv3 & LGPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only & LGPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 SRCREV = "8c06dce7d596e478c20bc54bdcec87ad97f80a1b"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
index cd51c07dc..136c65d8f 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html"
 SECTION = "net"
 # GPLv3 was added in version 2.41 as license option
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 | GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only | GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3 \
                     file://COPYING-v3;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dovecot/dovecot_2.3.14.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dovecot/dovecot_2.3.14.bb
index 1017f16ad..d8c483191 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dovecot/dovecot_2.3.14.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dovecot/dovecot_2.3.14.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://www.dovecot.org/"
 DESCRIPTION = "Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very little memory."
 SECTION = "mail"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 & MIT"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only & MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2956560272e5b31d9d64f03111732048"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-${PV}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd-utils_9.13.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd-utils_9.13.1.bb
index 4cfb0c804..a246464b2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd-utils_9.13.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd-utils_9.13.1.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Think of it as networked raid 1. It is a building block for\
 setting up high availability (HA) clusters."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.drbd.org/"
 SECTION = "admin"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5574c6965ae5f583e55880e397fbb018"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/LINBIT/drbd-utils;name=drbd-utils;branch=${PV};protocol=https \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd_9.0.24-1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd_9.0.24-1.bb
index 05d42c75e..0766f7f4b 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd_9.0.24-1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/drbd/drbd_9.0.24-1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "DRBD is a block device which is designed to build high \
                block device via (a dedicated) network. You could see \
                it as a network raid-1."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5574c6965ae5f583e55880e397fbb018"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/esmtp/esmtp_1.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/esmtp/esmtp_1.2.bb
index be4cfe3e2..e60e1edd1 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/esmtp/esmtp_1.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/esmtp/esmtp_1.2.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECTION = "net"
 
 DEPENDS = "libesmtp"
 
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
index 6035ddfcc..99fcacd3e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "A suite for man in the middle attacks"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 inherit cmake
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.23.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.23.bb
index 959983764..e4ad0a39e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.23.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.23.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links (such as
 connections). It supports every remote-mail protocol now in use on the Internet: POP2, POP3, \
 RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all flavors of IMAP, ETRN, and ODMR. It can even support IPv6 and IPSEC."
 SECTION = "mail"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 & MIT"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c3a05d9b9d3784c824c9b92a648e1353"
 
 DEPENDS = "openssl"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/fwknop/fwknop_2.6.10.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/fwknop/fwknop_2.6.10.bb
index 2dfd8d5d4..a35ec0679 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/fwknop/fwknop_2.6.10.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/fwknop/fwknop_2.6.10.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "fwknop - Single Packet Authorization"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552 \
                     "
 inherit autotools-brokensep
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip-perl_1.51.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip-perl_1.51.bb
index 92051a8e7..d8288f9b4 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip-perl_1.51.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip-perl_1.51.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SUMMARY = "GeoIP perl API library to access location database"
 DESCRIPTION = "perl library for country/city/organization to IP address or hostname mapping"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location"
 SECTION = "libdevel"
-LICENSE = "Artistic-1.0 | GPL-1.0+"
+LICENSE = "Artistic-1.0 | GPL-1.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e4f3ea6e9b28af88dc0321190a1f8250"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip_1.6.12.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip_1.6.12.bb
index 8fe4fcbd2..429cd69d6 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip_1.6.12.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoip_1.6.12.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SRC_URI[GeoLiteCity-dat.sha256sum] = "90db2e52195e3d1bcdb2c2789209006d09de5c7428
 SRC_URI[GeoLiteCityv6-dat.md5sum] = "6734ccdc644fc0ba76eb276dce73d005"
 SRC_URI[GeoLiteCityv6-dat.sha256sum] = "c95a9d2643b7f53d7abeed2114388870e13fbbad4653f450a49efa7e4b86aca4"
 
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=243b725d71bb5df4a1e5920b344b86ad \
                     file://LICENSE;md5=0388276749a542b0d611601fa7c1dcc8 "
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoipupdate_2.5.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoipupdate_2.5.0.bb
index 9494bd36c..9a0292eac 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoipupdate_2.5.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/geoip/geoipupdate_2.5.0.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/releases/download/v2.5.0/geoip
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "28f633c49ec87ab01ad3c0fb0228a696"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5119fd0e338cd083e886228b26679c64bcbaade8a815be092aecf865a610ab26"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
 file://ChangeLog.md;md5=11d2e31df0de2be3ccc3e2286c4dafcb \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/htpdate/htpdate_1.2.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/htpdate/htpdate_1.2.2.bb
index d9d726861..156ea3c59 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/htpdate/htpdate_1.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/htpdate/htpdate_1.2.2.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "The  HTTP Time Protocol (HTP) is used to synchronize a computer's
 
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.vervest.org/htp/"
 
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://htpdate.c;beginline=26;endline=30;md5=d7018a4d2c5a6eab392709a05e5e168a"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.vervest.org/htp/archive/c/htpdate-${PV}.tar.xz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifenslave/ifenslave_2.13.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifenslave/ifenslave_2.13.bb
index a2eb81fd5..663685a3a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifenslave/ifenslave_2.13.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifenslave/ifenslave_2.13.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Configure network interfaces for parallel routing"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bonding"
 SECTION = "net"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://debian/copyright;md5=acc89812938cf9ad6b1debc37cea0253"
 
 inherit manpages
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifmetric/ifmetric_0.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifmetric/ifmetric_0.3.bb
index 4ee7c42a3..1e57a4897 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifmetric/ifmetric_0.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ifmetric/ifmetric_0.3.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Set routing metrics for a network interface"
 
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifmetric/ifmetric-${PV}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/iftop/iftop_1.0pre4.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/iftop/iftop_1.0pre4.bb
index c71ecb32e..517d78128 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/iftop/iftop_1.0pre4.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/iftop/iftop_1.0pre4.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/"
 SECTION = "net"
 DEPENDS = "libpcap ncurses"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=76498170798db0f4f0fb685a225f702f"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/download/iftop-${PV}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipcalc/ipcalc_0.2.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipcalc/ipcalc_0.2.3.bb
index 1e6db5b7e..efac3c86e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipcalc/ipcalc_0.2.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipcalc/ipcalc_0.2.3.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/nmav/ipcalc"
 
 SECTION = "net"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipvsadm/ipvsadm_1.31.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipvsadm/ipvsadm_1.31.bb
index 8fb116f57..01bde4a68 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipvsadm/ipvsadm_1.31.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ipvsadm/ipvsadm_1.31.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ methods (NAT, tunneling, and direct routing), and eight load balancing algorithm
 locality-based  least-connection, locality-based least-connection with replication, \
 destination-hashing, and source-hashing)."
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;beginline=40;endline=56;md5=b4e40069f15598d0e3fe2aa177e5ec77"
 
 DEPENDS += "libnl popt"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libesmtp/libesmtp_1.1.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libesmtp/libesmtp_1.1.0.bb
index 7d65133c5..231c57260 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libesmtp/libesmtp_1.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libesmtp/libesmtp_1.1.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "LibESMTP is a library to manage posting \
 (or submission of) electronic mail using SMTP to a \
 preconfigured Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as Exim or PostFix."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://libesmtp.github.io/"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 SECTION = "libs"
 
 DEPENDS = "openssl"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_2.3.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_2.3.2.bb
index d26acea40..a9c6794bf 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_2.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libldb/libldb_2.3.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://ldb.samba.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0+ & LGPL-2.1+ & GPL-3.0+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later & GPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 DEPENDS += "libtdb libtalloc libtevent popt"
 RDEPENDS:pyldb += "python3"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtalloc/libtalloc_2.3.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtalloc/libtalloc_2.3.3.bb
index 9b207609f..b3f8b2ce2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtalloc/libtalloc_2.3.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtalloc/libtalloc_2.3.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://talloc.samba.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0+ & GPL-3.0+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-or-later & GPL-3.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://talloc.h;beginline=3;endline=27;md5=a301712782cad6dd6d5228bfa7825249 \
                     file://pytalloc.h;beginline=1;endline=18;md5=21ab13bd853679d7d47a1739cb3b7db6 \
                     "
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtdb/libtdb_1.4.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtdb/libtdb_1.4.3.bb
index e7f738402..2affcf754 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtdb/libtdb_1.4.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtdb/libtdb_1.4.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "The tdb library"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://tdb.samba.org/"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0+ & GPL-3.0+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-or-later & GPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://tools/tdbdump.c;endline=18;md5=b59cd45aa8624578126a8c98f48018c4 \
                     file://include/tdb.h;endline=27;md5=f5bb544641d3081821bcc1dd58310be6"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.10.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.10.2.bb
index 78c092095..732880e96 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.10.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.10.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://tevent.samba.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv3+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 DEPENDS += "libtalloc libtirpc"
 RDEPENDS:python3-tevent = "python3"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/linux-atm/linux-atm_2.5.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/linux-atm/linux-atm_2.5.2.bb
index 538fca784..effd7502f 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/linux-atm/linux-atm_2.5.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/linux-atm/linux-atm_2.5.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://linux-atm.sourceforge.net/"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0 & LGPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.0-only"
 
 DEPENDS = "flex flex-native"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/lksctp-tools/lksctp-tools_1.0.19.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/lksctp-tools/lksctp-tools_1.0.19.bb
index 545556036..4a9d2f54d 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/lksctp-tools/lksctp-tools_1.0.19.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/lksctp-tools/lksctp-tools_1.0.19.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "The Linux Kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol (lksctp) project"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://lksctp.org"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 & GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only & GPL-2.0-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING.lib;md5=0a1b79af951c42a9c8573533fbba9a92 \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/lowpan-tools/lowpan-tools_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/lowpan-tools/lowpan-tools_git.bb
index cc6053ba9..baaff1f21 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/lowpan-tools/lowpan-tools_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/lowpan-tools/lowpan-tools_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Utilities for managing the Linux LoWPAN stack"
 DESCRIPTION = "This is a set of utils to manage the Linux LoWPAN stack. \
 The LoWPAN stack aims for IEEE 802.15.4-2003 (and for lesser extent IEEE 802.15.4-2006) compatibility."
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native libnl python"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/macchanger/macchanger_1.7.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/macchanger/macchanger_1.7.0.bb
index f2b7ce953..f965c0db1 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/macchanger/macchanger_1.7.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/macchanger/macchanger_1.7.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Tool to view/change network interface MAC addresses"
 DESCRIPTION = "A GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger"
-LICENSE  = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE  = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 SECTION = "net"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_git.bb
index 350c2722b..602724da3 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_git.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Management Component Control Protocol utilities"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.github.com/CodeConstruct/mctp"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4cc91856b08b094b4f406a29dc61db21"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mtr/mtr_0.95.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mtr/mtr_0.95.bb
index b5e2fae50..92f9c4bfc 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mtr/mtr_0.95.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mtr/mtr_0.95.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/"
 SECTION = "net"
 DEPENDS = "ncurses"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
                     file://ui/mtr.c;beginline=5;endline=16;md5=00a894a39d53726a27386534d1c4e468"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nbd/nbd_3.20.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nbd/nbd_3.20.bb
index 589ac879c..7b7f5cbfa 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nbd/nbd_3.20.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nbd/nbd_3.20.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Network Block Device"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://nbd.sourceforge.net"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/libowfat_0.32.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/libowfat_0.32.bb
index 4e67f6c91..94f36f904 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/libowfat_0.32.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/libowfat_0.32.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "libowfat is a library of general purpose APIs extracted from Dan
 Bernstein's software (libdjb), reimplemented and covered by the GNU \
 General Public License Version 2 (no later versions)."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.fefe.de/libowfat"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://www.fefe.de/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.xz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/ncp_1.2.4.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/ncp_1.2.4.bb
index a2f0ccc06..516beede5 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/ncp_1.2.4.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ncp/ncp_1.2.4.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "ncp is a utility for copying files in a LAN. It has absolutely no
 security or integrity checking, no throttling, no features, except \
 one: you don't have to type the coordinates of your peer."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.fefe.de/ncp"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
 DEPENDS = "libowfat"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ndisc6/ndisc6_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ndisc6/ndisc6_git.bb
index 69b774a8f..f5467794e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ndisc6/ndisc6_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ndisc6/ndisc6_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "This package includes some useful diagnostics tools for \
 IPv6 networks, including ndisc6, rdisc6, tcptraceroute6 and traceroute6."
 SECTION = "net"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 PV = "1.0.5"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcat/netcat_0.7.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcat/netcat_0.7.1.bb
index fc0955497..54a4ea0b3 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcat/netcat_0.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcat/netcat_0.7.1.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require netcat.inc
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 
 PR = "r3"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
index 3b6880a38..f60bb9f10 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "netcf"
 DESCRIPTION = "netcf is a cross-platform network configuration library."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://pagure.io/netcf"
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fb919cc88dbe06ec0b0bd50e001ccf1f"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.8.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.8.bb
index 10e30044e..004330e1b 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.8.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netsniff-ng/netsniff-ng_0.6.8.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Netsniff-ng is a fast zero-copy analyzer, pcap capturing and replaying tool"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://netsniff-ng.org"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=9dd40dfb621eed702c0775577fbb7011"
 DEPENDS = "libpcap"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nis/nis.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nis/nis.inc
index 3ae0f7e95..56b7ab0d6 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nis/nis.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nis/nis.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "NIS Server and Tools"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linux-nis.org/nis/"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ndpi_4.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ndpi_4.2.bb
index 352d2d242..13c3398c2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ndpi_4.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ndpi_4.2.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inspection. Based on OpenDPI it includes ntop extensions"
 SECTION = "libdevel"
 DEPENDS = "libpcap json-c"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " libpcap"
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b52f2d57d10c4f7ee67a7eb9615d5d24"
 
 SRCREV = "8b5c6af71b562549f8416b31803daae223e09f46"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ntopng_5.2.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ntopng_5.2.1.bb
index 1c74845cc..dca929b57 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ntopng_5.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntopng/ntopng_5.2.1.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECTION = "console/network"
 
 DEPENDS = "curl libmaxminddb libpcap lua mariadb ndpi json-c rrdtool zeromq"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "bash redis"
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 SRCREV = "d3ce78948e8d81dc1e2c5298ce556f9f2247aac1"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nuttcp/nuttcp_8.2.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nuttcp/nuttcp_8.2.2.bb
index 677b031a9..115b51e96 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/nuttcp/nuttcp_8.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/nuttcp/nuttcp_8.2.2.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ across an interconnecting network to a destination system, either transferring \
 data for a specified time interval, or alternatively transferring a specified \
 number of bytes."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.nuttcp.net/Welcome%20Page.html"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 SECTION = "net"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${BP}.c;beginline=4;endline=30;md5=496a7c0bb83c07ff528d226bf85e05c5"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-isns/open-isns_0.101.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-isns/open-isns_0.101.bb
index b3d1bdcd0..f2a084d63 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-isns/open-isns_0.101.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-isns/open-isns_0.101.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Storage Name Service (iSNS).  The distribution includes the iSNS server, \
 supporting persisten storage of registrations, isnsadm, a command line \
 utility for managing nodes, and isnsdd, a corresponding discovery daemon."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/gonzoleeman/open-isns/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later & LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=321bf41f280cf805086dd5a720b37785"
 SECTION = "net"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
index e37e9eee7..a3e090fbd 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5.bb
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ for better management of and seamless user interactions with guests.\
 "
 SECTION = "vmware-tools"
 
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0 & GPL-2.0 & BSD & CDDL-1.0"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-only & GPL-2.0-only & BSD & CDDL-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=559317809c5444fb39ceaf6ac45c43ac"
 LICENSE:modules/freebsd/vmblock = "BSD"
-LICENSE:modules/freebsd/vmmemctl = "GPL-2.0"
-LICENSE:modules/freebsd/vmxnet = "GPL-2.0"
-LICENSE:modules/linux = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE:modules/freebsd/vmmemctl = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LICENSE:modules/freebsd/vmxnet = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LICENSE:modules/linux = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LICENSE:modules/solaris = "CDDL-1.0"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openipmi/openipmi_2.0.32.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openipmi/openipmi_2.0.32.bb
index 99fa9ba77..c61303b81 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openipmi/openipmi_2.0.32.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openipmi/openipmi_2.0.32.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     readline \
     "
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1 & BSD-3-Clause"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.1-only & BSD-3-Clause"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
                     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499 \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn_2.5.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn_2.5.5.bb
index 6c4514eb9..3e725ec41 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn_2.5.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn_2.5.5.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "A full-featured SSL VPN solution via tun device."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://openvpn.net/"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=377a495e6f12b2a3adcee797e59540b8"
 DEPENDS = "lzo openssl iproute2 ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/phytool/phytool.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/phytool/phytool.bb
index 7fde88c44..c2c433591 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/phytool/phytool.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/phytool/phytool.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "PHY interface tool for Linux"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=39bba7d2cf0ba1036f2a6e2be52fe3f0"
 
 PV = "2+git${SRCPV}"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/rdma-core/rdma-core_39.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/rdma-core/rdma-core_39.0.bb
index 48434aa58..5fb72c7ac 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/rdma-core/rdma-core_39.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/rdma-core/rdma-core_39.0.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SRCREV = "b2fedc4b1b891afd2c26ebfd21f9e440e83c28ff"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 #Default Dual License https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/blob/master/COPYING.md
-LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause | GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause | GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.BSD_FB;md5=0ec18bae1a9df92c8d6ae01f94a289ae \
                    file://COPYING.GPL2;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ruli/ruli_0.36.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ruli/ruli_0.36.bb
index 90e7fec52..9de4cc699 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ruli/ruli_0.36.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ruli/ruli_0.36.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "RULI stands for Resolver User Layer Interface It's a library	built on
 
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.nongnu.org/ruli/"
 
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3"
 
 DEPENDS = "liboop"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/smcroute/smcroute_2.5.4.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/smcroute/smcroute_2.5.4.bb
index 21a3c4426..649e6d4e8 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/smcroute/smcroute_2.5.4.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/smcroute/smcroute_2.5.4.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Static Multicast Routing Daemon"
 DESCRIPTION = "SMCRoute is a daemon and command line tool to manipulate the multicast routing table in the UNIX kernel."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://troglobit.github.io/smcroute.html"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 SRCREV = "9b6e397595a154c84a329c55bed21e0c43e89ee6"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/spice_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/spice_git.bb
index c9f95b012..d9083bcbe 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/spice_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/spice_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ environment - not only on its computer-server machine, but also from \
 anywhere on the Internet and using a wide variety of machine \
 architectures."
 
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
 PV = "0.14.2+git${SRCPV}"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/usbredir_0.9.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/usbredir_0.9.0.bb
index 5245f95f5..452491023 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/usbredir_0.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/spice/usbredir_0.9.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "usbredir libraries and utilities"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=4b54a1fd55a448865a0b32d41598759d \
 "
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64.bb
index decac0c2b..b0e921d42 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/ssmtp.html"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0c56db0143f4f80c369ee3af7425af6e"
 
 SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/s/${BPN}/${BPN}_${PV}.orig.tar.bz2 \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.4.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.4.bb
index 686cdb677..babfe17d2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.4.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.4.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Linux operating system."
 SUMMARY = "strongSwan is an OpenSource IPsec implementation"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.strongswan.org"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 DEPENDS = "flex-native flex bison-native"
 DEPENDS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'tpm2', '  tpm2-tss', '', d)}"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.59.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.59.bb
index 9321070bc..9e0169a7e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.59.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.59.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SECTION = "net"
 # Note: Linking stunnel statically or dynamically with other modules is making
 # a combined work based on stunnel. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
 # General Public License cover the whole combination.
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.md;md5=223b26c62f5e7c5c8656d6c133edd5ec"
 
 DEPENDS = "autoconf-archive libnsl2 openssl"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpreplay/tcpreplay_4.4.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpreplay/tcpreplay_4.4.1.bb
index f65956b63..56db66b8e 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpreplay/tcpreplay_4.4.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpreplay/tcpreplay_4.4.1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://tcpreplay.appneta.com/"
 
 SECTION = "net"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://docs/LICENSE;md5=10f0474a2f0e5dccfca20f69d6598ad8"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/releases/download/v${PV}/tcpreplay-${PV}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tinyproxy/tinyproxy_1.11.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tinyproxy/tinyproxy_1.11.0.bb
index f20013b19..388f7aecb 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tinyproxy/tinyproxy_1.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tinyproxy/tinyproxy_1.11.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "Lightweight http(s) proxy daemon"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://tinyproxy.github.io/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases/download/${PV}/${BP}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/traceroute/traceroute_2.1.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/traceroute/traceroute_2.1.0.bb
index 82077db54..9cac20499 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/traceroute/traceroute_2.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/traceroute/traceroute_2.1.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tool.  If you're having network connectivity problems, traceroute will \
 show you where the trouble is coming from along the route."
 SECTION = "net"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://traceroute.sourceforge.net/"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0+ & LGPL-2.1+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
                     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tunctl/tunctl.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tunctl/tunctl.inc
index 1c11823dd..07e6dc217 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/tunctl/tunctl.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/tunctl/tunctl.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "Tool for controlling the Linux TUN/TAP driver"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://tunctl.c;beginline=1;endline=4;md5=ff3a09996bc5fff6bc5d4e0b4c28f999"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/tunctl/tunctl-${PV}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/uftp/uftp_5.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/uftp/uftp_5.0.bb
index 4eeb62d10..301e0fa60 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/uftp/uftp_5.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/uftp/uftp_5.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/uftp-multicast"
 SECTION = "libs/network"
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/uftp-multicast/files/source-tar/"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/vnstat/vnstat_2.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/vnstat/vnstat_2.6.bb
index a7e008e55..cf3f41c5a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/vnstat/vnstat_2.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/vnstat/vnstat_2.6.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s)."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://humdi.net/vnstat/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 SECTION = "net"
 DEPENDS = "gd sqlite3"
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_3.4.11.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_3.4.11.bb
index 6fee972b2..f1dba227a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_3.4.11.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_3.4.11.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "wireshark - a popular network protocol analyzer"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.wireshark.org"
 SECTION = "net"
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6e271234ba1a13c6e512e76b94ac2f77"
 
 DEPENDS = "pcre expat glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native libgcrypt libgpg-error libxml2 bison-native c-ares"