Re: Debian package for sun's j2sdk

[Dalibor Topic <robilad@kaffe.org>]

Pierre Machard wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:57:30PM +0100, Heretik wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I've just read the Debian GNU/Linux Java FAQ and i installed sun's j2sdk on my
> > debian unstable with a lot of difficulties.
> >
> > I've read in the FAQ that a debian installer for sun's jdk1.4 is to be made so
> > i'd like to help doing it.
> >
> > As i often install debian on some friend's computers, i need a simple way to
> > install a single debian package for full java toolkit.
> >
> > So if i can help doing this, please tell me how i could start.
>
>
> Matthias Klose already packaged the jdk1.4 from blackdown:
>
> http://swt.cs.tu-berlin.de/~doko/tmp/
>
> http://swt.cs.tu-berlin.de/~doko/tmp/j2re1.4_1.4.1.01-1.1_i386.deb
> http://swt.cs.tu-berlin.de/~doko/tmp/j2sdk1.4_1.4.1.01-1.1_i386.deb
>
> No need to reinvent the wheel.

If that's the original JDK he *may* be violating the license, since it 
only allows distribution under specific conditions and *unmodified*. 
Splitting the original download into a few debian packages can be seen 
as creating a derived work, i.e. modification of the original work.

In that case, downloading it from him *may* give you no license to use 
it, since Sun's license is non-transferable. [1]

IANAL, and all that.

cheers,
dalibor topic

[1] http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/j2sdk-1_4_2_04-license.txt