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-rw-r--r--documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-images.xml12
-rw-r--r--documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml7
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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-images.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-images.xml
index 9477883373..03cc624504 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-images.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-images.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
Images are listed below along with details of what they contain:
</para>
+ <note>
+ Building an image without GNU Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components is
+ only supported for minimal and base images.
+ Furthermore, if you are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 components,
+ you must make the following changes in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file
+ before using the BitBake command to build the minimal or base image:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ 1. Comment out the IMAGE_EXTRA_FEATURES line
+ 2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+ </literallayout>
+ </note>
+
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index 75932665a3..92e3ed5a46 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -151,13 +151,18 @@
</para>
<para>
The target is the name of the recipe you want to build.
- Common targets are the images in <filename>meta/recipes-core/images</filename>),
+ Common targets are the images in <filename>meta/recipes-core/images</filename>,
<filename>/meta/recipes-sato/images</filename>, etc.
Or, the target can be the name of a recipe for a specific piece of software such as
<application>busybox</application>.
For more details about the standard images available, see the
<link linkend="ref-images">'Reference: Images'</link> appendix.
</para>
+ <note>
+ Building an image without GNU Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) components is
+ only supported for minimal and base images.
+ See <link linkend='ref-images'>'Reference: Images'</link> for more information.
+ </note>
</section>
<section id='usingpoky-install'>