Blackdown Java 2 copyright (j2sdk, j2se)
Hi,
Blackdown Java 2 was recently uploaded targeted for non-free. I'd
like some second opinions on the license if for no other reason than
reading that much legalese is not my idea of fun and I'm not sure I
understood all of it and it's implications.
One interesting thing I did see was in the Sun Supplemental License
terms, point 2:
| (iii) you do not distribute additional software intended to replace
| any component(s) of the Software
Since we actually do this[1] albeit not in the same package, does this
disqualify us from putting it in non-free?
--
James
[1] Err, right? Presumably things like kaffe, jikes and gcj
constitute software intended to replace j2sdk, j2se?
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