Re: Intent to package Jikes
>>>>> "john" == john <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
>> These are made by running the source file java.g through a
>> program called jikespg, which in turn is binary-only available
>> (but free for download). I am not sure of the policy
>> implications of this, three of the four are easily
>> user-modifiable, but javadcl.h is probably not as a practical
>> matter. Should this be treated as a non-free dependency, or
>> does it render the whole package non-free?
john> I think it is just another reason to put it in contrib. Any
john> chance of getting IBM to free jikespg?
Eh? How can we claim that we have a source ditribution if the source
is incomplete?
Methinks this is non-free unless distribution of the generated files
is kosher.
--
Stephen
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