diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_1.0.bb
index 08b4819f27..8a11a55570 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_1.0.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c678957b0c8e964aa6c70fd77641a71e"
 
 # without libxml in PACKAGECONFIG vendor copy of the lib will be used
-LICENSE:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libxml', '', '& MIT', d)}"
+LICENSE:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libxml', '', 'AND MIT', d)}"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libxml', '', 'file://libtextstyle/lib/libxml/COPYING;md5=2044417e2e5006b65a8b9067b683fcf1', d)}"
 # without glib in PACKAGECONFIG vendor copy of the lib will be used
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'glib', '', 'file://libtextstyle/lib/glib/ghash.c;md5=e3159f5ac38dfe77af5cc0ee104dab2d;beginline=10;endline=27', d)}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.42.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.42.2.bb
index 4943d5c7ab..b3d466dc80 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.42.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.42.2.bb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ require util-linux.inc
 
 # Most of the applications and the libraries are linked with libcommon.la,
 # which uses these licenses
-LIBCOMMON_LICENSES = "LGPL-2.1-or-later & BSD-2-Clause & BSD-3-Clause & MIT"
+LIBCOMMON_LICENSES = "LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT"
 
 # The default license is GPL-2.0-or-later
-DEFAULT_LICENSES = "GPL-2.0-or-later & ${LIBCOMMON_LICENSES}"
+DEFAULT_LICENSES = "GPL-2.0-or-later AND ${LIBCOMMON_LICENSES}"
 
 LICENSE = "GPL-1.0-or-later & GPL-2.0-only & GPL-2.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later & BSD-2-Clause & BSD-3-Clause & BSD-4-Clause-UC & MIT & EUPL-1.2"
 LICENSE:${PN}-bash-completion = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake-native_4.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake-native_4.4.0.bb
index 840a2fddb9..fe1136bd6c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake-native_4.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake-native_4.4.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://OEToolchainConfig.cmake \
             file://environment.d-cmake.sh \
             "
 
-LICENSE:append = " & BSD-1-Clause & MIT & BSD-2-Clause & curl & Apache-2.0"
+LICENSE:append = " AND BSD-1-Clause AND MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND curl AND Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM:append = " \
     file://Utilities/cmjsoncpp/LICENSE;md5=5d73c165a0f9e86a1342f32d19ec5926 \
     file://Utilities/cmlibarchive/COPYING;md5=7ce08437ff7f5e24d72e666313ae4084 \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake_4.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake_4.4.0.bb
index e6abc06c85..6265316fd9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake_4.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake_4.4.0.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:class-nativesdk = " \
     file://environment.d-cmake.sh \
 "
 
-LICENSE:append = " & BSD-1-Clause & MIT"
+LICENSE:append = " AND BSD-1-Clause AND MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM:append = " \
     file://Utilities/cmjsoncpp/LICENSE;md5=5d73c165a0f9e86a1342f32d19ec5926 \
     file://Utilities/cmlibrhash/COPYING;md5=a8c2a557a5c53b1c12cddbee98c099af \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_12.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_12.2.0.bb
index ca8fcb66ec..d68684e4f6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_12.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_12.2.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "open-source formatting library for C++"
 DESCRIPTION = "{fmt} is an open-source formatting library for C++. It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and iostreams."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://fmt.dev"
-LICENSE = "MIT-with-fmt-exception"
+LICENSE = "MIT WITH fmt-exception"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6ec080902ed8f82f5a97ed13e8042634 \
                     file://doc/LICENSE-exception;md5=b9257785fc4f3803a4b71b76c1412729"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_1.18.4.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_1.18.4.bb
index 3f6d02f8d4..0ed81166b5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_1.18.4.bb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ LICENSE:${PN}-script-interpreter = "MPL-1.1 | LGPL-2.1-only"
 LICENSE:${PN}-perf-utils = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 # Adapt the licenses for cairo-dbg and cairo-src depending on whether
 # cairo-trace is being built.
-LICENSE:${PN}-dbg = "(MPL-1.1 | LGPL-2.1-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'trace', ' & GPL-3.0-or-later', '', d)}"
-LICENSE:${PN}-src = "(MPL-1.1 | LGPL-2.1-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'trace', ' & GPL-3.0-or-later', '', d)}"
+LICENSE:${PN}-dbg = "(MPL-1.1 OR LGPL-2.1-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'trace', ' AND GPL-3.0-or-later', '', d)}"
+LICENSE:${PN}-src = "(MPL-1.1 OR LGPL-2.1-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'trace', ' AND GPL-3.0-or-later', '', d)}"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=e73e999e0c72b5ac9012424fa157ad77 \
                     ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'trace', 'file://util/cairo-trace/COPYING-GPL-3;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504', '', d)}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.32.10.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.32.10.bb
index 880bf56167..091ce8ed8b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.32.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.32.10.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
 "
 
 # arm-neon adds MIT license
-LICENSE:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'arm-neon', '& MIT', '', d)}"
+LICENSE:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'arm-neon', 'AND MIT', '', d)}"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'arm-neon', 'file://src/video/arm/pixman-arm-neon-asm.h;md5=9a9cc1e51abbf1da58f4d9528ec9d49b;beginline=1;endline=24', '', d)}"
 
 PROVIDES = "virtual/libsdl2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap/libcap_2.78.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libcap/libcap_2.78.bb
index 85cd8004f1..d804e94244 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libcap/libcap_2.78.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libcap/libcap_2.78.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ users, without giving them full root permissions."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/"
 
 # The library is BSD | GPLv2, the PAM module is BSD | LGPLv2+
-LICENSE = "(BSD-3-Clause | GPL-2.0-only) & (BSD-3-Clause | LGPL-2.0-or-later)"
+LICENSE = "(BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only) AND (BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.0-or-later)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://License;md5=2965a646645b72ecee859b43c592dcaa \
                     file://pam_cap/License;md5=905326f41d3d1f8df21943f9a4ed6b50 \
                     "
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ do_install_ptest() {
 FILES:${PN} += "${base_libdir}/security/*.so"
 
 # The license of the main package depends on whether PAM is enabled or not
-LICENSE:${PN} = "(BSD-3-Clause | GPL-2.0-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pam', ' & (BSD-3-Clause | LGPL-2.0-or-later)', '', d)}"
-LICENSE:${PN}-dev = "(BSD-3-Clause | GPL-2.0-only)"
+LICENSE:${PN} = "(BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only)${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pam', ' AND (BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.0-or-later)', '', d)}"
+LICENSE:${PN}-dev = "BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"