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-rw-r--r--src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be/functions.vm23
-rw-r--r--src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java16
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be/functions.vm b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be/functions.vm
index 19784a3564..3bea6a4c26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be/functions.vm
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be/functions.vm
@@ -308,15 +308,20 @@ package_group(
</p>
-<h3 id="licenses_example">Examples</h3>
-
-<p>The following example specifies a single license type of
- <code>"notice"</code>. Third-party software licenses that do not require
- publishing of source code changes but require some sort of copyright or
- other public notice are included in this license type.
-</p>
-
-<pre class="code">
+<p>Legal license types include:</p>
+<dl>
+<dt><code>restricted</code></dt><dd>Requires mandatory source distribution.</dd>
+<dt><code>reciprocal</code></dt><dd>Allows usage of software freely in
+<b>unmodified</b> form. Any modifications must be made freely available.</dd>
+<dt><code>notice</code></dt><dd>Original or modified third-party software may be
+shipped without danger nor encumbering other sources. All of the licenses in this
+category do, however, have an \"original Copyright notice\" or
+\"advertising clause\", wherein any external distributions must include the notice
+or clause specified in the license.</dd>
+<dt><code>permissive</code></dt><dd>Code that is under a license but does not
+require a notice.</dd>
+<dt><code>unencumbered</code></dt><dd>Public domain, free for any use.</dd>
+</dl>
licenses(["notice"]) # MIT license
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java
index 972f7486bf..85a3adbccf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java
@@ -759,21 +759,7 @@ public final class PackageFactory {
* TODO(bazel-team): Remove in favor of package.licenses.
*/
@SkylarkSignature(name = "licenses", returnType = Runtime.NoneType.class,
- doc = "Declare the license(s) for the code in the current package. Legal license types "
- + "include:\n"
- + "<dl>"
- + "<dt><code>restricted</code></dt><dd>Requires mandatory source distribution.</dd>"
- + "<dt><code>reciprocal</code></dt><dd>Allows usage of software freely in "
- + "<b>unmodified</b> form. Any modifications must be made freely available.</dd>"
- + "<dt><code>notice</code></dt><dd>Original or modified third-party software may be "
- + "shipped without danger nor encumbering other sources. All of the licenses in this "
- + "category do, however, have an \"original Copyright notice\" or "
- + "\"advertising clause\", wherein any external distributions must include the notice "
- + "or clause specified in the license.</dd>"
- + "<dt><code>permissive</code></dt><dd>Code that is under a license but does not "
- + "require a notice.</dd>"
- + "<dt><code>unencumbered</code></dt><dd>Public domain, free for any use.</dd>"
- + "</dl>",
+ doc = "Declare the license(s) for the code in the current package.",
parameters = {
@Param(name = "license_strings", type = SkylarkList.class, generic1 = String.class,
doc = "A list of strings, the names of the licenses used.")},