add "patented"-build flag to allow packages being with and without patented technology

SVN-Revision: 21050

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 2ff2862a2a9f0c25ba5107ee4e565e64f15dc6de..ffe1147f44c70d028c4048edf705dd6e25ff9ee7 100644 (file)
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -170,9 +170,16 @@ choice
                depends !USE_EGLIBC
                help
                  This will install binaries stripped using sstrip
-
 endchoice
 
+config BUILD_PATENTED
+       default y
+       bool "Compile with support for patented functionality"
+       help
+         When this option is disabled, software which provides patented functionality will not be built.
+         In case software provides optional support for patented functionality,
+         this optional support will get disabled for this package.
+
 config STRIP_ARGS
        string
        prompt "Strip arguments"