Re: tools.jar and free Java code
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:30:48 -0800,
Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net> 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?
>
> I am specifically talking about bsh (BeanShell) - I guess that is why
> it is in contrib?
BeanShell was in contrib because of Swing. Things are better in this
are, someone maybe can help and try to build the package with kaffe. If
it works, it means beanshell could move to main.
I'm not sure beanshell needs tools.jar.
Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:26:41 +0100,
Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.
There are not free at all. Only free of charge when you download or use
them. There is nothing in the specification about tools.jar
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