Re: clarification of license of generated install scripts
Hello,
I unfortunately don't have the answer for your question, but I'm
forwarding it to debian-java@lists.debian.org, which seems the
appropriate place to get an answer.
Anton Piatek wrote:
> Hi,
> I am writing to get clarification of the license of the generated
> preinst and postrm scripts that are built by make-jpkg.
>
> I work for a large IT company, and we are trying to support Debian and
> Ubuntu user within the company. I was hoping to use make-jpkg to
> convert the ibm-java packages to .deb, however as java-package is
> under GPL, there is a worry that if the packages are distributed
> outside the company (which they should not be because of the license
> of the upsteam java) that the inclusion of the preinst and postrm
> scripts would mean the whole package must be under the GPL.
>
> Can you confirm what license the generated scripts are under? If they
> are not under any license, could java-package be changed to state this
> in its copyright file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anton
Regards,
Vincent
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