tools.jar and free Java code

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Subject: tools.jar and free Java code
From: Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:30:48 -0800
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In-reply-to: <87vfc6roqy.fsf@oz.fapse.ulg.ac.be> (Arnaud Vandyck's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:56:37 +0100")
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    "Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> writes:

    >> Perhaps even lib/tools.jar, or is that a Sun thing only?

    Arnaud> Yes it is. 

So would that mean that any Debian Java package that required
tools.jar is not usable with a truly free Java at this time? Or is
there a free tools.jar equivalent?

I am specifically talking about bsh (BeanShell) - I guess that is why
it is in contrib?

Thanks,
Shyamal

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