[oe] [oe-core][PATCH] added upstream license files for gd and gnuplot

Thu Apr 3 18:41:45 UTC 2014

Yeah, that makes sense (although in this case the license file patch was
obsoleted by splitting it across the the recipe change patches).  But yeah,
in the original case the " Common-licenses:" prefix would be good...

Anyway, thanks for the feedback,

Steve

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>wrote:

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> Stephen Arnold schreef op 01-04-14 23:49:
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> > Subject: [PATCH] added upstream license files for gd and gnuplot
>
> The general rule is that the first line says what the patch does, not what
> you did, so:
>
> [PATCH] Add upstream license files for gd and gnuplot
>
> would be better, but another rule is to prefix the area of interest:
>
> [PATCH] Common-licenses: add upstream license files for gd and gnuplot
>
>
>
> > Fixes QA warnings about missing license files and supports gnuplot recipe
> >  change in license classification.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Arnold <stephen.arnold42 at gmail.com>
> >
> > --- meta/files/common-licenses/GD      | 53
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ meta/files/common-licenses/gnuplot
> > | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode
> > 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/GD create mode 100644
> > meta/files/common-licenses/gnuplot
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/GD
> > b/meta/files/common-licenses/GD new file mode 100644 index
> > 0000000..5e17d03 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/files/common-licenses/GD @@
> > -0,0 +1,53 @@ + +     Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
> > 1999, 2000, 2001, +     2002 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded
> > under Grant +     P41-RR02188 by the National Institutes of Health. + +
> > Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by +
> > Boutell.Com, Inc. + +     Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999,
> > 2000, 2001, 2002 +     Philip Warner. + +     Portions relating to PNG
> > copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Greg +     Roelofs. + +     Portions
> > relating to gdttf.c copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 John +     Ellson
> > (ellson at lucent.com). + +     Portions relating to gdft.c copyright 2001,
> > 2002 John Ellson +     (ellson at lucent.com). + +     Portions copyright
> > 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 +
> Pierre-Alain Joye
> > (pierre at libgd.org). + +     Portions relating to JPEG and to color
> > quantization copyright 2000, +     2001, 2002, Doug Becker and copyright
> > (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, +     1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Thomas G.
> > Lane. This software is +     based in part on the work of the Independent
> > JPEG Group. See the +     file README-JPEG.TXT for more information. + +
> > Portions relating to WBMP copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Maurice +
> > Szmurlo and Johan Van den Brande. + +     Permission has been granted to
> > copy, distribute and modify gd in +     any context without fee,
> > including a commercial application, +     provided that this notice is
> > present in user-accessible supporting +     documentation. + +     This
> > does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and +     the
> > intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to +
> > interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions, +
> > ask. "Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the +
> > library. Credit must be given in user-accessible documentation. + +
> > This software is provided "AS IS." The copyright holders disclaim +
> > all warranties, either express or implied, including but not +
> > limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a +
> > particular purpose, with respect to this code and accompanying +
> > documentation. + +     Although their code does not appear in gd, the
> > authors wish to thank +     David Koblas, David Rowley, and Hutchison
> > Avenue Software Corporation +     for their prior contributions. + diff
> > --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/gnuplot
> > b/meta/files/common-licenses/gnuplot new file mode 100644 index
> > 0000000..ff6fe23 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/files/common-licenses/gnuplot
> > @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/*[ + * Copyright 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004   Thomas
> > Williams, Colin Kelley + * + * Permission to use, copy, and distribute
> > this software and its + * documentation for any purpose with or without
> > fee is hereby granted, + * provided that the above copyright notice
> > appear in all copies and + * that both that copyright notice and this
> > permission notice appear + * in supporting documentation. + * + *
> > Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to + *
> > distribute the complete modified source code.  Modifications are to + *
> > be distributed as patches to the released version.  Permission to + *
> > distribute binaries produced by compiling modified sources is granted, +
> > * provided you + *   1. distribute the corresponding source modifications
> > from the + *    released version in the form of a patch file along with
> > the binaries, + *   2. add special version identification to distinguish
> > your version + *    in addition to the base release version number, + *
> > 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the + *
> > support of your modified version, and + *   4. retain our contact
> > information in regard to use of the base + *    software. + * Permission
> > to distribute the released version of the source code along + * with
> > corresponding source modifications in the form of a patch file is + *
> > granted with same provisions 2 through 4 for binary distributions. + * +
> > * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty +
> > * to the extent permitted by applicable law. +]*/
> >
>
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