From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cpsmtpb-ews02.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.39.5]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1YLahc-0001QF-Sb for ptxdist@pengutronix.de; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:03:55 +0100 Message-ID: <54DB8B6E.1090901@erwinrol.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:03:42 +0100 From: Erwin Rol MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <54DB7AD4.5000601@erwinrol.com> <54DB833D.8050604@erwinrol.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [ptxdist] license info Reply-To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de List-Id: PTXdist Development Mailing List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de Errors-To: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de The Yocto project seems store all license info on the target filesystem. With the large companies like Intel (with a large number of lawyers) that are part of the Yocto project, I assume it is done to reduce the risk of non-compliance. Even if might be over kill. - Erwin PS: IANAL, but some way stranger demands came from a lawyer from a big German company (that just mentioned it would let go 9000 ppl.) On 11-2-2015 17:49, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > That would be a pretty amusing way to show a license. > > Guillermo > > 2015-02-11 17:28 GMT+01:00 Erwin Rol : >> The target is the "software", by having the license files on the target >> the "software" can reproduce the license files when asked (telnet/ssh + >> cat license.txt) >> >> - Erwin >> >> On 11-2-2015 17:11, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: >>> In many cases the actual requirement is that the licensing information >>> is shown in the software itself (e.g. if it has a GUI) or in the >>> accompanying documentation (e.g. user manuals and such). None of this >>> would happen automatically if the licenses are just copied to the >>> target rootfs, so I guess that this would not be very useful in >>> itself. >>> >>> Guillermo >>> >>> 2015-02-11 16:52 GMT+01:00 Erwin Rol : >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> I see Michael is busy adding license info, which is a good thing. But >>>> AFAIK (but IANAL) the license info should also be available on the >>>> target. Does the new ptxdist also install the license files onto the >>>> target (root)fs ? >>>> >>>> - Erwin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ptxdist mailing list >>>> ptxdist@pengutronix.de >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ptxdist mailing list >> ptxdist@pengutronix.de > > > -- ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de