Re: Debian package for sun's j2sdk
Dalibor Topic <robilad@kaffe.org> writes:
> Pierre Machard wrote:
>> Hi,
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:57:30PM +0100, Heretik wrote:
>>
>>> 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
No, it's the Blackdown J2SE
> 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.
and *these* debs are OK.
Juergen
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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/
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