diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index a4d34e7..3f93bf5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ do_populate_lic[cleandirs] = "${LICSSTATEDIR}"
  #
  # We should really discuss standardizing this field, but that's a longer term goal.
  # For now, we can do this and it should grab the most common LICENSE naming variations.
-#
+
  #GPL variations
  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPL] = "GPL-1"
  SPDXLICENSEMAP[GPLv2] = "GPL-2"
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
              op = node.op
              if isinstance(op, ast.BitOr):
                  x = LicenseVisitor()
-                x.visit(node)
+                x.visit(node.left)
+                x.visit(node.right)
              else:
                  ast.NodeVisitor.generic_visit(self, node)

@@ -96,7 +97,6 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
              pass

      def find_license(license_type):
-
          try:
              bb.mkdirhier(gen_lic_dest)
          except:
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
          if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(generic_directory, license_type)):
              if bb.data.getVarFlag('SPDXLICENSEMAP', license_type, d) != None:
                  # Great, there is an SPDXLICENSEMAP. We can copy!
-                bb.warn("We need to use a SPDXLICENSEMAP for %s" % (license_type))
+                bb.note("We need to use a SPDXLICENSEMAP for %s" % (license_type))
                  spdx_generic = bb.data.getVarFlag('SPDXLICENSEMAP', license_type, d)
                  copy_license(generic_directory, gen_lic_dest, spdx_generic)
                  link_license(gen_lic_dest, destdir, spdx_generic)
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
              copy_license(generic_directory, gen_lic_dest, license_type)
              link_license(gen_lic_dest, destdir, license_type)

-
      # All the license types for the package
      license_types = bb.data.getVar('LICENSE', d, True)
      # All the license files for the package
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
      srcdir = bb.data.getVar('S', d, True)
      # Directory we store the generic licenses as set in the distro configuration
      generic_directory = bb.data.getVar('COMMON_LICENSE_DIR', d, True)
-    bb.warn(generic_directory)
+
      try:
          bb.mkdirhier(destdir)
      except:
@@ -158,13 +157,15 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
      gen_lic_dest = os.path.join(bb.data.getVar('LICENSE_DIRECTORY', d, True), "common-licenses")

      clean_licenses = ""
+
      for x in license_types.replace("(", " ( ").replace(")", " ) ").split():
          if ((x != "(") and (x != ")") and (x != "&") and (x != "|")):
              clean_licenses += "'" + x + "'"
          else:
              clean_licenses += " " + x + " "

-    node = ast.parse(clean_licenses)
+    # lstrip any possible indents, since ast needs python syntax.
+    node = ast.parse(clean_licenses.lstrip())
      v = LicenseVisitor()
      v.visit(node)
  }