From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::22e]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1YLapE-00020s-CA for ptxdist@pengutronix.de; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:11:44 +0100 Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id w55so4836600wes.5 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:11:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <54DB8B6E.1090901@erwinrol.com> References: <54DB7AD4.5000601@erwinrol.com> <54DB833D.8050604@erwinrol.com> <54DB8B6E.1090901@erwinrol.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:11:38 +0100 Message-ID: From: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia 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" OK. My view is that this (storing the license text in the rootfs) would be unnecessary for many licenses, while not completely fulfilling requirements for others. But IANAL either and you may very well be right :-) Guillermo 2015-02-11 18:03 GMT+01:00 Erwin Rol : > 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 -- Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia guille.rodriguez@gmail.com -- ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de