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+SUMMARY = "Text file viewer similar to more"
+DESCRIPTION = "Less is a program similar to more, i.e. a terminal \
+based program for viewing text files and the output from other \
+programs. Less offers many features beyond those that more does."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+
+# (GPLv2+ (<< 418), GPLv3+ (>= 418)) | less
+# Including email author giving permissing to use BSD
+#
+# From: Mark Nudelman <markn@greenwoodsoftware.com>
+# To: Elizabeth Flanagan <elizabeth.flanagan@intel.com
+# Date: 12/19/11
+#
+# Hi Elizabeth,
+# Using a generic BSD license for less is fine with me.
+# Thanks,
+#
+# --Mark
+#
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv3+ | BSD-2-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504 \
+                    file://LICENSE;md5=48c26a307f91af700e1f00585f215aaf"
+DEPENDS = "ncurses"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+	  "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "049f51ccfe2686009c6ce943eeb4bbaf"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5bf06cb30ee2a2bd1f79f39aa91e46444e7cb19b48c95c4992fa63cfe4527a80"
+
+inherit autotools update-alternatives
+
+do_install () {
+        oe_runmake 'bindir=${D}${bindir}' 'mandir=${D}${mandir}' install
+}
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "less"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"