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Re: Flash player for Lenny/64 - But from where?



Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. a écrit :
> In <[🔎] 49C7BEFF.5080709@googlemail.com>, thveillon.debian wrote:
>> kj a écrit :
>>> Matthew Smith wrote:
>>>> Wow, I didn't know there WAS a 64-bit plugin!  Next thing you'll be
>>>> telling me that there's a 64-bit Sun Java plugin too.
>>> Are you ready for this?
>>> $ rpm -ql --package jre-6u12-linux-amd64.rpm | grep libjavaplugin
>>> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_12/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so
>> Yep, and what about sun-java6-plugin_6-12-1_amd64.deb from Debian
>> non-free ? (actually, I thought Java was now under free license, but I
>> must have missed something here since it's in non-free. Maybe copyright
>> stuff).
> 
> IIRC, Sun has released enough of their JRE and JDK to produce an DSFG-free 
> version that works, and it is in main under the name "openjdk".  AFAIK, 
> there will be no "Sun Java" as a separate project for 1.7, but instead all 
> their effort is going into the openjdk project.
> 
> (I suppose the can take the openjdk, bless a certain version of it and 
> brand/trademark is as "Sun Java", but it'll still be free software under the 
> hood.)

Thanks for the information, I was reading
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp

when your mail came in, can't do without the fine manual (or online
documentation) ;-)

Tom


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