[oe] License attributions for a system built with OpenEmbedded.

Khem Raj raj.khem at gmail.com
Mon May 14 21:24:41 UTC 2012


On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Tasslehoff Kjappfot
<tasskjapp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have made a rootfs and an SDK with OE-classic. We use the SDK to
> compile our own application, which links dynamically with some open
> source libraries.
>
> I have listed the LGPL libraries our application uses and linked to
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt, but I don't know how/if to
> attribute OpenEmbedded. Should I include attributions for every single
> open source software in the rootfs+SDK, or is it sufficient to say that
> I have compiled them using OpenEmbedded?

most part of OE metadata are MIT licensed some parts may be GPL

well while booting you could use OE splash screen instead of your company one :)


>
> - Tasslehoff
>
>
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