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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/legal-notice.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt index 51292f6d3e..574c1d8527 100644 --- a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt +++ b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt @@ -39,16 +39,19 @@ There you will find: * +buildroot.config+: this is the Buildroot configuration file that is usually produced with +make menuconfig+, and which is necessary to reproduce the build. -* The source code for all packages; this is saved in the +sources/+ - subdirectory (except for proprietary packages, whose source code is not - saved); - patches applied to some packages by Buildroot are distributed with the - Buildroot sources and are not duplicated in the +sources/+ subdirectory. -* A manifest file listing the configured packages, their version, license and - related information. +* The source code for all packages; this is saved in the +sources/+ and + +host-sources/+ subdirectories for target and host packages respectively. + The source code for packages that set +<PKG>_REDISTRIBUTE = NO+ will not be + saved. + Patches applied to some packages by Buildroot are distributed with the + Buildroot sources and are not duplicated in the +sources/+ and +host-sources/+ + subdirectories. +* A manifest file (one for host and one for target packages) listing the + configured packages, their version, license and related information. Some of this information might not be defined in Buildroot; such items are marked as "unknown". -* A +licenses/+ subdirectory, which contains the license text of packages. +* The license texts of all packages, in the +licenses/+ and +host-licenses/+ + subdirectories for target and host packages respectively. If the license file(s) are not defined in Buildroot, the file is not produced and a warning in the +README+ indicates this. @@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ License abbreviations --------------------- Here is a list of the licenses that are most widely used by packages in -Buildroot, with the name used in the manifest file: +Buildroot, with the name used in the manifest files: * `GPLv2`: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html[ |
