Bug#512930: ITP: jmol -- java molecular graphics system

[Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>]

  Hello !

Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 25.01.2009, 16:55 +0100 schrieb Vincent Fourmond:
>>   * jars/netscape.jar
>>   * jars/Acme.jar
>>
>>   I didn't really look deeply into the rest yet, but it seems fine. Do
>> you have any idea of where I could find the source of those ?
>>
>>   Acme.jar obviously come from http://www.acme.com, which means it's
>> most likely BSD and therefore packageable -- if only I could find the
>> source ! I don't have any ideas yet about netscape.jar
> 
> netscape.jar was in the old netscape* packages in woody:
> 
> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/03/13/debian/pool/non-free/n/netscape4.77/
> 
> And as you can see, it was a non-free package.

  Argh....

> PS: I have access to the Jmol VCS. If you want me to incorporate changes
> to the build system, which are AFAIK necessary, I can do this. Egon
> Willighagen probably can help too coordinating the necessary changes
> with upstream.

  This is great news ! Having Jmol completely free would be great ! Do
you think there is a possibility to replace the netscape.jar dependency
by another free one ? Or would it be easier to write a
nextscape.jar-like 'wrapper' for another free and current library ?

  Cheers,

	Vincent

PS: I unfortunately won't have that much time to dedicate to that over
the next few days

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