| <p><code>List of strings; optional</code></p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The licenses of the output files that this binary generates. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Describes the licenses of the output of the binary generated by |
| the rule. When a binary is referenced in a host attribute (for |
| example, the <code>tools</code> attribute of |
| a <code>genrule</code>), this license declaration is used rather |
| than the union of the licenses of its transitive closure. This |
| argument is useful when a binary is used as a tool during the |
| build of a rule, and it is not desirable for its license to leak |
| into the license of that rule. If this attribute is missing, the |
| license computation proceeds as if the host dependency was a |
| regular dependency. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| (For more about the distinction between host and target |
| configurations, |
| see <a href="../user-manual.html#configurations">Build |
| configurations</a> in the Bazel manual.)</p> |
| |
| <p> |
| <em class="harmful">WARNING: in some cases (specifically, in |
| genrules) the build tool cannot guarantee that the binary |
| referenced by this attribute is actually used as a tool, and is |
| not, for example, copied to the output. In these cases, it is the |
| responsibility of the user to make sure that this is |
| true.</em> |
| </p> |
