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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-02-05 15:16:56 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-03-03 17:40:10 +0000
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dev-manual: Updated section on adding license text.
Fixes [YOCTO #8634] I updated the "Providing License Text" section to include some verbiage on the new CREATE_LICENSE_PACKAGE variable. (From yocto-docs rev: db2155875dd741000e5f67253486580bba70584f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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9972 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 9972 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
9973 COPY_LIC_MANIFEST = "1" 9973 COPY_LIC_MANIFEST = "1"
9974 COPY_LIC_DIRS = "1" 9974 COPY_LIC_DIRS = "1"
9975 LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE = "1"
9975 </literallayout> 9976 </literallayout>
9976 Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures 9977 Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures
9977 that the licenses collected during package generation 9978 that the licenses collected during package generation
9978 are included on your image. 9979 are included on your image.
9980 </para>
9981
9982 <para>
9979 As the source archiver has already archived the original 9983 As the source archiver has already archived the original
9980 unmodified source that contains the license files, 9984 unmodified source that contains the license files,
9981 you would have already met the requirements for inclusion 9985 you would have already met the requirements for inclusion
9982 of the license information with source as defined by the GPL 9986 of the license information with source as defined by the GPL
9983 and other open source licenses. 9987 and other open source licenses.
9984 </para> 9988 </para>
9989
9990 <para>
9991 See the
9992 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></ulink>,
9993 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></ulink>,
9994 and
9995 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></ulink>
9996 variable descriptions for more information.
9997 </para>
9985 </section> 9998 </section>
9986 9999
9987 <section id='providing-compilation-scripts-and-source-code-modifications'> 10000 <section id='providing-compilation-scripts-and-source-code-modifications'>