Re: openjdk-8 upstream limits source distribution?
On 2014-09-03, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> I think this is a restriction which contradicts the GPL text.
> Therefore:
>
> The JDK8 licence is GPL-incompatible. If there is anyone else's GPL
> code in JDK8 Oracle are violating the copyright of the other
> contributors.
>
> While the software is free for people in the named list of countries,
> the licence is not suitable for Debian because we distribute software
> worldwide and want our users and downstreams to be able to do so.
My non-english, non-laywer reading of it is that "you are not allowed to
get the sources from *oracle* if you are in the wrong countries".
but if you can get it from any other person, it is fine.
Isn't it mostly US-corporate-cover-my-behind speak?
/Sune
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