[OE-core] [PATCH 0/5] LICENSE_FLAGS, a replacement for COMMERCIAL_LICENSE, v3

Chris Larson clarson at kergoth.com
Mon Jan 9 23:50:08 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:34 PM,  <tom.zanussi at intel.com> wrote:
> Possible values for LICENSE_FLAGS could be:
> - Binary - provides some kind of binary with no source
> - Patent - provides a potential infringing item, that some may not want
> - Commercial - include recipes that may have commercial T&C
> - Commercial_${PN} - commercial licenses specific to ${PN}
> - License_${PN} - include a recipe that has a specific license
>                 - maybe similar or different than Commercial_${PN}

It's a minor gripe really, but why the capitalization here? Other
similar variables which define lists of words to control behavior
(e.g. MACHINE_FEATURES, DISTRO_FEATURES, IMAGE_FEATURES, and others)
have an all-lowercase convention. I think this should behave
similarly, for consistency.
-- 
Christopher Larson




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