Re: tools.jar and free Java code

[Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>]

Am Mittwoch, 17. November 2004 04:07 schrieb Barry Hawkins:
> Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> |     "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?
>
> [...]
> tools.jar is also present in IBM JDKs and Apple JDKs.  Isn't it
> part of the specification?

These are not truly free.


Michael
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