1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index 6b03221c7f..806b5069fd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ def copy_license_files(lic_files_paths, destdir):
                     os.link(src, dst)
                 except OSError as err:
                     if err.errno == errno.EXDEV:
-                        # Copy license files if hard-link is not possible even if st_dev is the
+                        # Copy license files if hardlink is not possible even if st_dev is the
                         # same on source and destination (docker container with device-mapper?)
                         canlink = False
                     else:
                         raise
-                # Only chown if we did hardling, and, we're running under pseudo
+                # Only chown if we did hardlink and we're running under pseudo
                 if canlink and os.environ.get('PSEUDO_DISABLED') == '0':
                     os.chown(dst,0,0)
             if not canlink:
-                begin_idx = int(beginline)-1 if beginline is not None else None
-                end_idx = int(endline) if endline is not None else None
+                begin_idx = max(0, int(beginline) - 1) if beginline is not None else None
+                end_idx = max(0, int(endline)) if endline is not None else None
                 if begin_idx is None and end_idx is None:
                     shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
                 else: