Bug 6499

It appears on first glance that 'Affero GPL 3' has similar clauses.  So the example should be expanded to include the 'AGPL-3.0' license.  (At least that is the official SPDX license name.)

Scott, can you please change any mention of INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE=GPLv3 to be "GPLv3 AGPLv3 LGPLv3".

Ross, 

Here are the references to GPL 3.  Two of the occurrences can literally be changed as you want.  What about the general tone of the others?

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"Note
Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components is supported for only minimal and base images. See the "Images" chapter for more information."

"Note
Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components is only supported for minimal and base images. Furthermore, if you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 components, you must make the following changes in the local.conf file before using the BitBake command to build the minimal or base image:

     1. Comment out the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES line
     2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
"

"Note
This functionality is only regularly tested using the following setting:

     INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
                    

Although you can use other settings, you might be required to remove dependencies on or provide alternatives to components that are required to produce a functional system image. 
"

" Here are some examples:

     LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3"
     LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1"
     LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
"

I'd suggest the following changes, see inline below.

> "Note
> Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3)

or similarly licensed

> components is supported for only minimal and base images. See the "Images"
> chapter for more information."
> 
> "Note
> Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3)

, GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 (LGPLv3) and the 
GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPL-3.0)

> components is only supported for minimal and base images. Furthermore, if
> you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 components, you must make

you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 and similar licensed components, you must make

> the following changes in the local.conf file before using the BitBake
> command to build the minimal or base image:
> 
>      1. Comment out the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES line
>      2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"

replace above with:

2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"

> "
> 
> "Note
> This functionality is only regularly tested using the following setting:
> 
>      INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"

INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"

(We need to make sure we update the tests!)

>                     
> 
> Although you can use other settings, you might be required to remove
> dependencies on or provide alternatives to components that are required to
> produce a functional system image. 
> "
> 
> " Here are some examples:
> 
>      LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3"
>      LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1"
>      LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
> "

(In reply to comment #4)
> I'd suggest the following changes, see inline below.
> 
> > "Note
> > Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3)
> 
> or similarly licensed
> 
> > components is supported for minimal and base images. See the "Images"
> > chapter for more information."

Applied: See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.7/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#build-overview

> > 
> > "Note
> > Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3)
> 
> , GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 (LGPLv3) and the 
> GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPL-3.0)
> 
> > components is only supported for minimal and base images. Furthermore, if
> > you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 components, you must make
> 
> you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 and similar licensed
> components, you must make
> 
> > the following changes in the local.conf file before using the BitBake
> > command to build the minimal or base image:
> > 
> >      1. Comment out the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES line
> >      2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
> 
> replace above with:
> 
> 2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"
> 

All applied for this note: See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.7/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#ref-images

> > "
> > 
> > "Note
> > This functionality is only regularly tested using the following setting:
> > 
> >      INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
> 
> INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"

Applied: See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.7/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE

> 
> (We need to make sure we update the tests!)
> 
> >                     
> > 
> > Although you can use other settings, you might be required to remove
> > dependencies on or provide alternatives to components that are required to
> > produce a functional system image. 
> > "
> > 
> > " Here are some examples:
> > 
> >      LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3"
> >      LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1"
> >      LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
> > "

> INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"

The change in format bothers me and this should use consistent naming, the canonical SPDX names are GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0.

This does make me wonder if the blacklisting code handles aliases though.  I'll check the code before introducing a documentation change that breaks the feature!

Apart from that, it looks good.

So bug 5622 is for the aliasing not being handled.  When that's fixed we should also update the documentation to use the SPDX names.

The checks have been fixed now, so can the documentation be updated to reflect the canonical names: GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0.

Hi, 

I changed the two examples of INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE such that we are using the canonical names as suggested by Comment 8.  I am marking this bug as RESOLVED and changing the documentation flag to "Done."

Scott