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legal info: update documentation with split target/host output

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Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Thomas De Schampheleire 2013-11-12 09:48:01 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -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[