[oe] oe-core license description practices

[Bob Cochran]

On 01/15/2012 10:15 AM, Peter Bigot wrote:
> I need a resolution to this question so I can complete the port of an
> oe-classic recipe to oe-core.
>
> http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OpenEmbedded-Core states that the
> LICENSE field should be "as correct as possible (e.g. 'GPLv2', not
> just 'GPL')".  If the upstream package self-describes as "GPL", is it
> necessary that this be refined to a more specific version?  I again
> note there are numerous existing recipes that do not provide more than
> "GPL".
>
> Depending on the answer, I will resubmit with a license of GPL | HPND
> or will attempt to contact the upstream maintainer for clarification.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Peter Bigot<bigotp at acm.org>  wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Koen Kooi<koen at dominion.thruhere.net>  wrote:
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA1
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Hi Peter,

Did this get resolved?  I'm not finding python-mysqldb on the git server 
outside of classic.

However, I did make use of the 1.2.3 patches you offered on 12/31/11, so 
thanks for that.  I have done some minimal testing with django tonight, 
and it seems to be working OK.

Bob