Re: JavaMail and JAF

[Andrew Haley <aph@littlepinkcloud.com>]

MrDemeanour writes:
 > Tom Marble wrote:
 > > Marcus Better wrote:
 > >> the pkg-jboss project needs DFSG-free versions of Sun's JavaMail
 > >> and Java Activation Framework libraries. Can anyone tell me whether
 > >> the GNU versions (already in Debian) will work out of the box?
 > > 
 > > Why not use Sun's JavaMail and JAF?  As of April they are now Free
 > > software under the CDDL: 
 > > http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/index.jsp
 > 
 > Since when did the CDDL equate to "Free"?

It certainly doesn't appear on the FSF list of free licences.  It is,
however, on the OSF list at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php

Andrew.