> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Purdie via 
> lists.openembedded.org
> Sent: den 15 augusti 2026 23:56
> To: [email protected]; 
> [email protected]
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/4] scripts: scriptutils: Use 
> LicenseRef-Proprietary LICENSE while fetching
> 
> On Fri, 2026-08-14 at 18:26 +0200, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via 
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > Switching away of the "CLOSED" license, as devtool users would encounter
> > deprecation warnings on "devtool add" command.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  scripts/lib/scriptutils.py | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py b/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
> > index 32e749dbb1a2..b4fb6cc1845f 100644
> > --- a/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
> > +++ b/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
> > @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def fetch_url(tinfoil, srcuri, srcrev, destdir, logger, 
> > preserve_tmp=False, mirr
> >              logger.debug('Generating initial recipe %s for fetching' % 
> > fetchrecipe)
> >              with open(fetchrecipe, 'w') as f:
> >                  # We don't want to have to specify LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
> > -                f.write('LICENSE = "CLOSED"\n')
> > +                f.write('LICENSE = "LicenseRef-Proprietary"\n')
> >                  # We don't need the cross-compiler
> >                  f.write('INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"\n')
> >                  # We don't have the checksums yet so we can't require them
> 
> Perhaps "LicenseRef-RecipetoolTransient" ?
> 
> I'm a bit worried Proprietary sets up the wrong impression...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard

Does changing from CLOSED to some other license even work as intended 
given the comment about not wanting to have to specify LIC_FILES_CHKSUM? 
This was a property of CLOSED that other licenses do not have.

//Peter

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