[oe] oe-core license description practices

[Peter Bigot]

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Bob Cochran
<openembedded at mindchasers.com> wrote:
> 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:
>>>>
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>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Did this get resolved?  I'm not finding python-mysqldb on the git server
> outside of classic.

No, I never got what I felt was a legally approved answer to the basic
question, and haven't worked OE for a couple months so didn't pursue
it.

Peter

> 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
>
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