Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/7] package/skeleton{, -init-*}: add license information

Thomas Perale via buildroot <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:05:41 +0200
Newsgroups net.busybox.buildroot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In reply of:
> All these packages are part of Buildroot and thus under
> GPL-2.0-or-later unless stated otherwise, as described in COPYING.
> 
> package/skeleton-custom is excluded because it provides a way to copy
> skeleton data from any location chosen by the user, the license of
> which is unknown to Buildroot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute (Othermo GmbH) <[email protected]>

Applied to 2025.02.x & 2026.05.x. Thanks

> ---
>  package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk   | 2 ++
>  package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk       | 2 ++
>  package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk   | 2 ++
>  package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk | 2 ++
>  package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk       | 2 ++
>  package/skeleton/skeleton.mk                           | 2 ++
>  6 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
> index 4a67f51c19..299f2643b4 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk b/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
> index 8181aa0354..d96af89e19 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton-init-none/skeleton-init-none.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_INIT_NONE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
> index b0538ad03f..b6b97a4e3e 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton-init-openrc/skeleton-init-openrc.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_INIT_OPENRC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk b/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
> index b312fe33e4..601285de28 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton-init-systemd/skeleton-init-systemd.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_INIT_SYSTEMD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later (factory/var.mount)
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
> index 009dc100ea..dc9793d44f 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton-init-sysv.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_INIT_SYSV_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> diff --git a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
> index dc754f1244..fd606c8085 100644
> --- a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
> +++ b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> +SKELETON_LICENSE = GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
>  # The skeleton can't depend on the toolchain, since all packages depends on the
>  # skeleton and the toolchain is a target package, as is skeleton.
>  # Hence, skeleton would depends on the toolchain and the toolchain would depend
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 
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