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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt index 84cf06bd2..6e9dc8990 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt @@ -245,6 +245,27 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : You can find some documentation for this syntax in the xref:makedev-syntax[]. This variable is optional. +* +LIBFOO_LICENSE+ defines the license (or licenses) under which the package + is released. + This name will appear in the manifest file produced by +make legal-info+. + If the license is one of those listed in xref:legal-info[], + use the same string to make the manifest file uniform. + Otherwise, describe the license in a precise and concise way, avoiding + ambiguous names such as +BSD+ which actually name a family of licenses. + If the root filesystem you generate contains non-opensource packages, you + can define their license as +PROPRIETARY+: Buildroot will not save any + licensing info or source code for this package. + This variable is optional. If it is not defined, +unknown+ will appear in + the +license+ field of the manifest file for this package. + +* +LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES+ is a space-separated list of files in the package + tarball that contain the license(s) under which the package is released. + +make legal-info+ copies all of these files in the +legal-info+ directory. + See xref:legal-info[] for more information. + This variable is optional. If it is not defined, a warning will be produced + to let you know, and +not saved+ will appear in the +license files+ field + of the manifest file for this package. + The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following syntax: |