Re: JRockit in non-free, part II
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From: Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>
To: Johan Walles <walles@mailblocks.com>
Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Sent: 07 Oct 2004 21:02:25 +0100
Subject: Re: JRockit in non-free, part II
Scripsit Johan Walles <walles@mailblocks.com>
Where does it say that mirrors need agreement from end users? And
Debian asks end users to agree to stuff all the time.
No. On the contrary, Debian is careful not to ask anybody to agree to
anything.
I don't really follow this.
Take the Linux kernel for example. It is something that most Debian
users use, and is shipped by Debian. It is licensed under the GNU GPL.
If users didn't agree to be bound by the GNU GPL, they wouldn't be
allowed to use the Linux kernel. So this might be implicit, but
doesn't this mean that Debian asks users to accept and abide by the GPL
to use the Linux kernel?
Now imagine that Debian was shipping JRockit. It would be licensed to
end users under the JRockit EULA. If users didn't agree to be bound by
the JRockit EULA, they wouldn't be allowed to use JRockit. How is this
different from my above example with the Linux kernel?
Regards //Johan
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