Re: distributing precompiled binaries

To: Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@gmail.com>
Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: distributing precompiled binaries
From: Frank Loeffler <knarf@cct.lsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:16:31 -0500
Message-id: <20090326171631.GL5528@numrel07.cct.lsu.edu>
In-reply-to: <1238084946.19276.101.camel@hyperair-laptop>
References: <1238084946.19276.101.camel@hyperair-laptop>

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:29:06AM +0800, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
> The problem begins here: The Java portion has a build-dependency on Sun
> Microsystem's WTK[1], and it is not free[2].

Just to make sure, what exactly is not free?

a) the Java portion (and the Sun Microsystem's WTK)
b) only the Sun Microsystem's WTK, but the Java source itself
   is (will be) free software

I am not a DD, so I do not know if that would make a difference for
Debian, but it should made clear.

I guess there is no free alternative for the Sun WTK?

Frank

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