[oe] [RFC] LICENSE fields and packages

[Richard Purdie]

Hi,

On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 20:26 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Jason Kridner pointed out that we don't actually put the license in the 
> resulting packages, making it hard for finding the license if you only 
> have a bunch or packages.
> 
> http://cgit.openembedded.net/cgit.cgi?url=openembedded/commit/&id=e35d1ffad1553f259b084578992f15d10f590f98
> 
> Now the RFC part:
> 
> Allow URLs in the LICENSE field for lesser know licenses and/or 
> click-through licenses.
> 
> Related to that: a class that would take a text file and generate a 
> preinsts that shows the textfile and prompts to accept it (or not) would 
> be awesome as well.
> 
> Back to the point: what do you think of allowing URLs in the LICENSE field?

I don't like the idea of urls in the field itself. I would however love
to see a class file with a list of valid field entries and corresponding
urls to the appropriate licence along with other information like
distributability. In due course I'd like to see that being mandatory for
new .bb files.

Cheers,

Richard