[OE-core] [PATCH 6/6] xz: Remove GPLv3 license checksum

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 08:07:58AM -0400, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 9/3/19 1:59 PM, Wes Lindauer wrote:
>...
> > In reference to "It typically does NOT include the license of things used to
> > build the software (such as makefiles, autoconf fragments, etc)".
> > Since the only file that is licensed under GPLv3 is a M4 macro, does that mean
> > the current patch is still valid? Shouldn't the GPLv3 license be removed from
> > this recipe?
> 
> Unless the M4 file is generating/injecting code into the build(very few I've
> seen do this),
>...

If the defines in config.h are "code" then many do.

> --Mark

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Adrian

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