tag 398682 pending thanks Hi Ken,
Op di 14 nov 2006 om 06:54:13 -0600 schreef Ken Bloom: > Package: doc-debian > Version: 3.1.3 > Severity: minor > > Question 4.6 in the Debian FAQ > (/usr/share/doc/debian/FAQ/debian-faq.pdf.gz) "(How) Does Debian > support Java?" is a bit out of date now. Java is now available under > the GPL (althought I'd imagine it's anybody's guess whether we can > actually build it yet). It certainly is not unredistributable, as > we have it in non-free for the moment. Thanks, I've committed this patch: RCS file: /cvs/debian-doc/ddp/manuals.sgml/faq/software.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -r1.29 software.sgml --- software.sgml 10 Dec 2005 12:04:59 -0000 1.29 +++ software.sgml 15 Nov 2006 06:40:39 -0000 @@ -75,20 +75,15 @@ <sect id="java">(How) Does Debian support Java? -<p>Since the official Java Development kit and Runtime Environment from Sun -Microsystems is non-free software, even undistributeable by Debian, it cannot -properly be included in Debian. If you want those installed anyway, please -refer to the <package/java-package/ package in contrib. - -<p>However, both the JDK and several <em>free</em> implementations of -Java technology are available as Debian packages. You can write, debug +<p>Several <em>free</em> implementations of Java technology are available as +Debian packages, providing both Java Development Kits as well as Runtime +Environments. You can write, debug and run Java programs using Debian. <p>Running a Java applet requires a web browser with the capability to recognize and execute them. Several web browsers available in Debian, such as Mozilla or Konqueror, support Java plug-ins that enable running Java -applets within them. Netscape Navigator, while non-free, is also available -as a Debian package and it can run Java applets. +applets within them. <p>Please refer to the <url name="Debian Java FAQ" id="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/";> for more Perhaps mentioning Sun's Java is going GPL should be in the Debian GNU/Linux Java FAQ. Care to submit a bugreport for that? Thanks, Bye, Joost
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