ref-manual: Modified licensing verbiage for GPLv3

Fixes [YOCTO #6499]

Updated three areas to include similarly licenced components
regarding the use of non-GPLv3 licensing.

(From yocto-docs rev: 88c0720e4070be58fbde17bc04db2b53c3307bf8)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2014-07-07 10:27:38 +03:00 committed by Richard Purdie
parent 4767787613
commit 1b7c45eaec
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</para>
<note>
Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components
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 the following changes in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file
before using the BitBake command to build the minimal or base image:
Furthermore, if you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 and
similarly licensed components, you must make the following changes in
the <filename>local.conf</filename> file before using the BitBake
command to build the minimal or base image:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
1. Comment out the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES line
2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"
</literallayout>
</note>

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This functionality is only regularly tested using
the following setting:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3 LGPLv3 AGPL-3.0"
</literallayout>
Although you can use other settings, you might be required
to remove dependencies on or provide alternatives to

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</para>
<note>
Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components
is supported for only minimal and base images.
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 "<link linkend='ref-images'>Images</link>" chapter for more information.
</note>
</section>