Bug 16366

Summary: Audit GPL WITH license exception
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker>
Component: coreAssignee: New Comer Bugs <newcomer>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Medium+ CC: meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, randy.macleod
Version: 6.1   
Target Milestone: 6.1 M3   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Don't know

Description Joshua Watt 2026-07-20 16:57:36 UTC 
With the change to SPDX License exceptions, many licenses have changed from a custom GPL-*-with-exception to "GPL-* WITH exception". However, this has raised the question if the GPL-*-with-exception was being misinterpreted by recipe authors as meaning "GPL-* WITH exception AND GPL-*".

An audit of recipes that have a GPL license with an exception should be done to verify if they need to have an "AND GPL-*" added to them