Re: openjdk-8 upstream limits source distribution?

[Walter Landry <wlandry@caltech.edu>]

Steven Chamberlain <steven@pyro.eu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is an odd statement for GPLv2 code:
> 
> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk8/ :
>> International Use Restrictions
> 
>> Due to limited intellectual property protection and enforcement in
>> certain countries, the JDK source code may only be distributed to an
>> authorized list of countries. You will not be able to access the
>> source code if you are downloading from a country that is not on this
>> list. We are continuously reviewing this list for addition of other
>> countries.

This is just Oracle saying that they will not offer downloads to
people in embargoed countries (e.g. Cuba).  Debian does a similar
thing.  This does not prevent anyone from taking that download and
giving it to a Cuban.

Cheers,
Walter Landry