3.32.4. Copying Licenses that Do Not Exist

Some packages, such as the linux-firmware package, have many licenses that are not in any way common. You can avoid adding a lot of these types of common license files, which are only applicable to a specific package, by using the NO_GENERIC_LICENSE variable. Using this variable also avoids QA errors when you use a non-common, non-CLOSED license in a recipe.

The following is an example that uses the LICENSE.Abilis.txt file as the license from the fetched source:

     NO_GENERIC_LICENSE[Firmware-Abilis] = "LICENSE.Abilis.txt"