@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Directory`. Here is the main ``xserver-xf86-config`` recipe, which is named
SUMMARY = "X.Org X server configuration file"
HOMEPAGE = "http://www.x.org"
SECTION = "x11/base"
- LICENSE = "MIT-X"
+ LICENSE = "MIT"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
PR = "r33"
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ variables:
given a piece of software licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2, you would set :term:`LICENSE` as follows::
- LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
The licenses you specify within :term:`LICENSE` can have any name as long
as you do not use spaces, since spaces are used as separators between
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ Following is one example: (``hello_2.3.bb``)
SUMMARY = "GNU Helloworld application"
SECTION = "examples"
- LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/hello/hello-${PV}.tar.gz"
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ In the following example, ``mtd-utils`` is a makefile-based package::
SECTION = "base"
DEPENDS = "zlib lzo e2fsprogs util-linux"
HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/"
- LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3 \
file://include/common.h;beginline=1;endline=17;md5=ba05b07912a44ea2bf81ce409380049c"
@@ -4348,9 +4348,9 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
Here are some examples::
- LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3"
- LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1"
- LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+ LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only | GPL-3.0-only"
+ LICENSE = "MPL-1.0 & LGPL-2.1-only"
+ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
The first example is from the
recipes for Qt, which the user may choose to distribute under either
@@ -4365,8 +4365,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
but has accompanying documentation licensed under the GNU Free
Documentation License 1.2 could be specified as follows::
- LICENSE = "GFDL-1.2 & GPLv2"
- LICENSE:${PN} = "GPLv2"
+ LICENSE = "GFDL-1.2 & GPL-2.0-only"
+ LICENSE:${PN} = "GPL-2.0.only"
LICENSE:${PN}-doc = "GFDL-1.2"
:term:`LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE`
This is similar to the recent change in meta to only use SPDX license identifiers in the recipes. Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com> --- documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 8 ++++---- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)