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Re: JDK src directory?



Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com> writes:

> >>>>> "John" == John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
>     John> The package referrs to "src.zip".  I have no idea, really,
>     John> where src.zip is, though.
> 
> One public apology coming up: that the src.zip file is not included in
> the current jdk1.1-dev package is a total & utter screw-up on my part.
> New package out today.

Does this mean that there are not strange licensing issues?

> That said, the tainting issue re src.zip & clean-room implementation
> of java or a JVM are real.  It's your call.

Can an appropriate warning be lodged in /usr/doc/jdk1.1-dev/copyright
or some such?  To be sure, I did not actually look at the sources,
just the filenames, so I guess I'm safe.  I poked about on
java.sun.com a bit and found nothing relating particularly to the
sources.

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