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Re: Compiling java debian packages with free tools



On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 10:33:39PM +0200, John Leuner wrote:
> I feel that despite whatever decisions we make about free and non-free
> VMs and tools etc, we should firstly pay attention to simply compiling
> our software with free tools and against free libraries or free APIs.
Doesn't this happen already? Please give examples. If it can be compiled
with free software but isn't, what severity bug should we file? Should
poilcy say that free compilers must be used if they can?

> I haven't discussed the question of whether it is correct for a program
> that can be compiled with free software but not run with free software
> to go into main. 
It is not.

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