Should I resend this with just GPL-2.0-only (as buildroot header) and only
SPDX header in source like RP did for keymaps in:
https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?h=master&id=17d981005a0c0c97702ad88602b7181b69bcc9eb
?


On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 8:30 PM Khem Raj <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:21 AM Martin Jansa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > FWIW: the code was introduced long time ago in bk:// without any license
> indication:
> >
> > https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded/log/packages/makedevs?h=master
> > https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded/log/recipes/makedevs?h=master
> >
> https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/log/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs
> >
> > and the GPL-2.0-or-later license was added much longer in:
> >
> https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs?id=409ac23702058a058c187f22d796eff251a8f18e
> >
> > So I wouldn't say, it's completely clear, but this patch just keeps the
> same LICENSE value as was set in LICENSE in:
> >
> https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded/commit/recipes/makedevs?h=master&id=122efc0b6621f22709fa7f8071392b37ae0d3b02
> > but using "or-later" version in LIC_FILES_CHKSUM as added in
> COPYING.patch.
>
> Buildroot added it in 2005 with license info in the file itself
>
> https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/commit/611ec0e3b16219c1987f2aca065ddec22bd84cc9
>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 7:57 PM Martin Jansa via lists.openembedded.org
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> * as it uses S = "${WORKDIR}" it's another possible reproducer for
> >>   do_patch issue mentioned here:
> >>   https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto/message/56602
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>  .../makedevs/makedevs/COPYING.patch           | 346 ------------------
> >>  .../makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb                |   5 +-
> >>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 349 deletions(-)
> >>  delete mode 100644
> meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs/COPYING.patch
> >>
> >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs/COPYING.patch
> b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs/COPYING.patch
> >> deleted file mode 100644
> >> index 3a8902b97a..0000000000
> >> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs/COPYING.patch
> >> +++ /dev/null
> >> @@ -1,346 +0,0 @@
> >> -Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [licensing]
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> >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
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> >> index 007ebbca89..127ab489f9 100644
> >> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
> >> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
> >> @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
> >>  SUMMARY = "Tool for creating device nodes"
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> >> -LIC_FILES_CHKSUM =
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