From 912d73d42b93a44b85769ee22c54390a0c75bbb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:31:16 -0700 Subject: dev-manual, ref-manual: Moved "Licenses" section to ref-manual Fixes [YOCTO #11630] Moved the "Licenses" section from the dev-manual to the ref-manual. The information in the section is purely reference material and does not belong in the dev-manual, which is being reconstructed as a "how-to" manual. (From yocto-docs rev: a89cb18f6cab6702a2bf2a0f77d46e64f82b1729) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 78 +------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 77 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index a881295ce0..aca292063e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Separate the project's Metadata and code by using separate Git repositories. See the - "Yocto Project Source Repositories" + "Yocto Project Source Repositories" section for information on these repositories. See the "Getting Set Up" @@ -354,82 +354,6 @@ -
- Licensing - - - Because open source projects are open to the public, they have different licensing structures in place. - License evolution for both Open Source and Free Software has an interesting history. - If you are interested in this history, you can find basic information here: - - Open source license history - - Free software license - history - - - - - In general, the Yocto Project is broadly licensed under the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (MIT) License. - MIT licensing permits the reuse of software within proprietary software as long as the - license is distributed with that software. - MIT is also compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL). - Patches to the Yocto Project follow the upstream licensing scheme. - You can find information on the MIT license - here. - You can find information on the GNU GPL - here. - - - - When you build an image using the Yocto Project, the build process uses a - known list of licenses to ensure compliance. - You can find this list in the - Source Directory at - meta/files/common-licenses. - Once the build completes, the list of all licenses found and used during that build are - kept in the - Build Directory - at tmp/deploy/licenses. - - - - If a module requires a license that is not in the base list, the build process - generates a warning during the build. - These tools make it easier for a developer to be certain of the licenses with which - their shipped products must comply. - However, even with these tools it is still up to the developer to resolve potential licensing issues. - - - - The base list of licenses used by the build process is a combination of the Software Package - Data Exchange (SPDX) list and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) projects. - SPDX Group is a working group of the Linux Foundation - that maintains a specification - for a standard format for communicating the components, licenses, and copyrights - associated with a software package. - OSI is a corporation dedicated to the Open Source - Definition and the effort for reviewing and approving licenses that - conform to the Open Source Definition (OSD). - - - - You can find a list of the combined SPDX and OSI licenses that the - Yocto Project uses in the - meta/files/common-licenses directory in your - Source Directory. - - - - For information that can help you maintain compliance with various - open source licensing during the lifecycle of a product created using - the Yocto Project, see the - "Maintaining Open Source License Compliance During Your Product's Lifecycle" - section. - -
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