licenses: Add LGPL_Exception texts and reference them from LICENSE

* add the license text as they appear in qtbase 5.4 and 5.5 * The-Qt-Company-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 will be used in 5.5 beta recipes I'll introduce shortly * based on patch from Herb Kuta Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa@gmail.com>
2026-06-21 08:52:35 +02:00 · 2015-04-17 15:30:26 +02:00
parent d17b8cd011
commit 48ebff679e
20 changed files with 83 additions and 14 deletions
--- a/licenses/Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1
+++ b/licenses/Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Digia Qt LGPL Exception version 1.1
+
+As an additional permission to the GNU Lesser General Public License version
+2.1, the object code form of a "work that uses the Library" may incorporate
+material from a header file that is part of the Library.  You may distribute
+such object code under terms of your choice, provided that:
+    (i)   the header files of the Library have not been modified; and 
+    (ii)  the incorporated material is limited to numerical parameters, data
+          structure layouts, accessors, macros, inline functions and
+          templates; and
+    (iii) you comply with the terms of Section 6 of the GNU Lesser General
+          Public License version 2.1.
+
+Moreover, you may apply this exception to a modified version of the Library,
+provided that such modification does not involve copying material from the
+Library into the modified Library's header files unless such material is
+limited to (i) numerical parameters; (ii) data structure layouts;
+(iii) accessors; and (iv) small macros, templates and inline functions of
+five lines or less in length.
+
+Furthermore, you are not required to apply this additional permission to a
+modified version of the Library.
--- a/licenses/The-Qt-Company-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1
+++ b/licenses/The-Qt-Company-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+The Qt Company Qt LGPL Exception version 1.1
+
+As an additional permission to the GNU Lesser General Public License version
+2.1, the object code form of a "work that uses the Library" may incorporate
+material from a header file that is part of the Library.  You may distribute
+such object code under terms of your choice, provided that:
+    (i)   the header files of the Library have not been modified; and 
+    (ii)  the incorporated material is limited to numerical parameters, data
+          structure layouts, accessors, macros, inline functions and
+          templates; and
+    (iii) you comply with the terms of Section 6 of the GNU Lesser General
+          Public License version 2.1.
+
+Moreover, you may apply this exception to a modified version of the Library,
+provided that such modification does not involve copying material from the
+Library into the modified Library's header files unless such material is
+limited to (i) numerical parameters; (ii) data structure layouts;
+(iii) accessors; and (iv) small macros, templates and inline functions of
+five lines or less in length.
+
+Furthermore, you are not required to apply this additional permission to a
+modified version of the Library.
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-5.4.1.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-5.4.1.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \

 S = "${WORKDIR}/${QT_MODULE}-opensource-src-${QT_VERSION}"

-LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & LGPL-2.1 | LGPL-3.0"
+LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & BSD & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=d87ae0d200af76dca730d911474cbe5b \
                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=ffcfac38a32c9ebdb8ff768fa1702478 \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6 \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS =. "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}-git:"

 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"

-LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & LGPL-2.1 | LGPL-3.0"
+LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & BSD & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7 \
                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=c1939be5579666be947371bc8120425f \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6 \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ SRC_URI += "\

 DEPENDS += "qtbase-native"

+# Used for examples and tests
+# LGPL-3.0 is used only in src/plugins/platforms/android/extract.cpp
+LICENSE += "& BSD"
+
 # for syncqt
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tools += "perl"

--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtdeclarative.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SRC_URI += " \
    file://0001-qmltestexample-fix-link.patch \
 "

+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+
 DEPENDS += "qtbase"

 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "qtxmlpatterns"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtenginio.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtenginio.inc
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ DEPENDS += "qtbase qtdeclarative qtxmlpatterns"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7 \
                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=c1939be5579666be947371bc8120425f \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1 | GPL-3.0"
+LICENSE = "BSD & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtgraphicaleffects.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtgraphicaleffects.inc
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative"

 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""

-LICENSE += "| GPL-2.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# There are no GPLv2 licensed files in this component.
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += "file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtmultimedia.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require qt5.inc

+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+
 DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative"

 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa', 'alsa', '', d)} \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtquick1.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtquick1.inc
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ require qt5.inc
 DEPENDS += "qtscript qtsvg qtxmlpatterns qtwebkit"
 # qttools

-LICENSE += "| GPL-2.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# There are no GPLv2 licensed files in this component.
+# Note that some files are LGPL-2.1 only without Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1.
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += "file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtscript.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtscript.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 require qt5.inc

+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# Note that some files are LGPL-2.1 only without Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1.
 DEPENDS += "qtbase"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtsensors.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtsensors.inc
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ require qt5.inc

 DEPENDS += "qtbase qtdeclarative"

-LICENSE += "| GPL-2.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# There are no GPLv2 licensed files in this component.
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += "file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtsvg.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtsvg.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require qt5.inc

+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
 DEPENDS += "qtbase"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qttranslations.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qttranslations.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DEPENDS += "qtbase qttools-native"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7 \
                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=c1939be5579666be947371bc8120425f \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1 | GPL-3.0"
+LICENSE = "(LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"

 PACKAGES =. " \
    ${PN}-assistant \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland-native.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ do_install() {
    oe_runmake install INSTALL_ROOT=${D}
 }

-LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & LGPL-2.1 | GPL-3.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+LICENSE = "BSD & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPL;md5=4193e7f1d47a858f6b7c0f1ee66161de \
                    file://LICENSE.GPL;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504 \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6 \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwayland.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ FILES_${PN}-plugins-dbg += " \
    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/*/*/.debug/* \
 "

-LICENSE = "GFDL-1.3 & LGPL-2.1 | GPL-3.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+LICENSE = "BSD & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPL;md5=4193e7f1d47a858f6b7c0f1ee66161de \
                    file://LICENSE.GPL;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504 \
                    file://LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt;md5=0145c4d1b6f96a661c2c139dfb268fb6 \
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebchannel.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebchannel.inc
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ require qt5.inc

 DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative qtwebsockets"

-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# There are no GPLv2 licensed files in this component.
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += "file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebkit-examples.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebkit-examples.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 require qt5.inc

-LICENSE = "BSD & LGPLv2+ | GPL-2.0"
+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
+# There are no GPLv2 licensed files in this component.
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed \
+                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7 \
+                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=c1939be5579666be947371bc8120425f \
                    file://examples/webkitwidgets/scroller/wheel/main.cpp;endline=112;md5=6f92d041824c63426993c8ce3ae0eb77 \
                    file://examples/webkitwidgets/imageanalyzer/imageanalyzer.cpp;endline=223;md5=13ffb472fefe4bdf6464954a22251f35"

--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebsockets.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebsockets.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ require qt5.inc

 DEPENDS += "qtbase qtdeclarative"

+LICENSE = "GFDL & (LGPL-2.1 & Digia-Qt-LGPL-Exception-1.1 | LGPL-3.0)"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c \
-                    file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1 | GPL-2.0"
+                    file://LICENSE.GPLv2;md5=e782f55badfa137e5e59c330f12cc8ed \
+                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv3;md5=c1939be5579666be947371bc8120425f \
+                    file://LICENSE.LGPLv21;md5=cff17b12416c896e10ae2c17a64252e7 \
+"
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtxmlpatterns.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtxmlpatterns.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require qt5.inc

+# There are no LGPLv3-only licensed files in this component.
 DEPENDS += "qtbase"