Merge pull request #1127 from boegel/fix_generate_software_list

fix generate_software_list.py script w.r.t. deprecated fallback to ConfigureMake
Merge pull request #1124 from boegel/fix_software_license_check

correctly check software_license value type
Merge pull request #1123 from boegel/fix_eb_a

don't include easyconfig parameters for ConfigureMake in eb -a, since fallback is deprecated
Merge branch 'v1.16.x' into depr20_in_tests