Bug 1953

Summary:	License Compliance: Create License Responsibility File
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] Meta-yocto	Reporter:	Beth Flanagan <elizabeth.flanagan>
Component:	meta-yocto	Assignee:	Unassigned <unassigned>
Status:	ACCEPTED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Low	CC:	elizabeth.flanagan, net147, poky.bs.watcher, poky.watcher, randy.macleod, richard.purdie, sgw, song.liu, stephano
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Beth Flanagan 2012-02-01 15:03:31 UTC

To make licensing a bit easier for the end user, I would like to see yocto spit out a "Here is what is in your images and here is your responsibilities under GPL-x.x". This should take into account that src on images is configurable (or should be) and that different licenses have different requirements.

Goal: Cover L/GPL-x.x requirements
Nice to have: All OSI requirements

Comment 1 Stephano Cetola 2018-01-18 16:54:27 UTC

Patrick Ohly did some great work on a "supported-recipes-report". I will work on making this available.

Comment 2 Randy MacLeod 2026-07-09 15:15:41 UTC

Partly covered by moving to SBOM files and improved recipe licenses tags.

We could add a post-image summary of the licenses of package that contributed to the image and non-legal advice the users obligations.