RE: prc-tools

["Don Laursen" <don@darkphoton.com>]

>
> On 17 Jan 2001, Stephen Zander wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > The problem is bug #78745.  It is not possible to build the
> prc-tools
> > package without using a PalmOS SDK (well, it is but the package is
> > completely useless as then doesn't contain any target libraries).
> > However, none of the SDKs I have allow redistribution in any form,
> > meaning I can't upload the source tarball for the prc-tools package
> > meaining I can't upload the binary packages either.
>
> Isn't it possible to build a package that requires the end
> user to provide
> an original SDK at install time?
> This way, you could ensure that the SDK is installed without having to
> redistribute it.
>
> I recall that there was something similar with Debian's
> netcape packages,
> a long time before netscape was freely redistributable...


I believe that IBM's current Java JDK debian package just a shell for the
user to go their web site, accept license agreement, then allow the user to
download the software.


Don