[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: no warranty on output of legal-info
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Fri Sep 30 21:30:10 UTC 2016
On 30-09-16 23:17, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Explicitly state that there is no warranty about the accuracy of the
> content of the output of 'make legal-info'.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> ---
> docs/manual/legal-notice.txt | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt
> index 7c19bc3..ac291c8 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt
> @@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ distribution is required).
> When you run +make legal-info+, Buildroot produces warnings in the +README+
> file to inform you of relevant material that could not be saved.
>
> +Finally, keep in mind that the output of +make legal-info+ is based on
> +declarative statements in each of the packages recipes. The Buildroot
> +developpers try to do their best at keeping those declarative statements
developers to keep
With that:
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
> +as accurate as possible, to the best of their knowledge. However, it is
> +very well possible that those declarative statements may not all be fully
> +accurate nor exhaustive. You (or your legal department) _have_ to check
> +the output of +make legal-info+ before using it as your own compliance
> +delivery. See the _NO WARRANTY_ clauses (clauses 11 and 12) in the
> ++COPYING+ file at the root of the Buildroot distribution.
> +
> [[legal-info-list-licenses]]
> === License abbreviations
>
>
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