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dev-manual: licenses: mention SPDX for license compliance

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Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
CC: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -305,14 +305,28 @@ There are other requirements beyond the scope of these three and the
 methods described in this section (e.g. the mechanism through which
 methods described in this section (e.g. the mechanism through which
 source code is distributed).
 source code is distributed).
 
 
-As different organizations have different methods of complying with open
-source licensing, this section is not meant to imply that there is only
-one single way to meet your compliance obligations, but rather to
-describe one method of achieving compliance. The remainder of this
-section describes methods supported to meet the previously mentioned
-three requirements. Once you take steps to meet these requirements, and
-prior to releasing images, sources, and the build system, you should
-audit all artifacts to ensure completeness.
+As different organizations have different ways of releasing software,
+there can be multiple ways of meeting license obligations. At
+least, we describe here two methods for achieving compliance:
+
+-  The first method is to use OpenEmbedded's ability to provide
+   the source code, provide a list of licenses, as well as
+   compilation scripts and source code modifications.
+
+   The remainder of this section describes supported methods to meet
+   the previously mentioned three requirements.
+
+-  The second method is to generate a *Software Bill of Materials*
+   (:term:`SBoM`), as described in the ":doc:`/dev-manual/sbom`" section.
+   Not only do you generate :term:`SPDX` output which can be used meet
+   license compliance requirements (except for sharing the build system
+   and layers sources for the time being), but this output also includes
+   component version and patch information which can be used
+   for vulnerability assessment.
+
+Whatever method you choose, prior to releasing images, sources,
+and the build system, you should audit all artifacts to ensure
+completeness.
 
 
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