Re: Regarding Debian-Java Packages
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> Eng. Mina Ramses wrote:
>>>>The problem is when I tried to package it, I found that the license
>>>>was a Sun Binary License which is not compatible with DFSG (it's not
>>>>free for Debian). I asked the author and he claimed it's under BSD
>>>>which is OK for Debian.
>>
>>>>I did not investigate no more, but it's not suffisiant that the author
>>>>claim it's BSD, there must be a LICENSE file in the projet and the
>>>>java source must be commented with the BSD license.
I think I've missed some parts of this conversation, so apologies if the
following is not relevant.
Sun now seem to be very keen to license their software openly. I contacted
them about the JavaCC product which claimed to be a BSD-license but had
the restrictive "Nuclear", "Non-export" etc clauses in it[1]. They were
very helpful and responsive.
If Sun hold the copyright on the package in question, I suggest you
contact them on: ombudsman@sun.com - where people can address concerns and
issues to Sun.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=276302
Regards,
Paul
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