Hubert Schmid <h.schmid@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi, Hi, > I have read the license agreements of the Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard > Edition 1.4.1_03 and Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition > 1.4.1_03. Most parts of the agreements are about distribution. There > is only one problem. The first paragraph of the supplemental license > terms says: > > [..] Sun grants you a [..] license [..] to [..] use [..] the binary > form of the Software *complete* and *unmodified* [..]. > > The package doesn't really modify the package. It only moves some > files to different locations (e.g. moves man pages into > /usr/share/man/ and documentation into /usr/share/doc/). I think, that > is no problem. > > But *complete* means, that I can not create several packages. A user > is only allowed to use the J2SDK (or J2RE), if the package is > complete. You are right but both exist and I do not think that the jde package created from jsdk is different from the 'original' one. This point of the license is also why j2sdk from Sun will never be in Debian[1]. I think it's in the java faq. And another point is that the license does not allow someone who use one of the tools from the jdk to use a replacement tool!.. I think I am outlaw ;-) > The only possibility seems to create one package from the J2RE and one > package from the J2SDK and make them conflict on each other (because > the J2SDK also contains an J2RE). > > Any other suggestions? Or should I ignore the *complete* statement. Footnotes: [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch5.html#s-license-concerns -- Arnaud Vandyck, STE fi, ULg Formateur Cellule Programmation.
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