Package: kjc Version: 2:1.1.4.PRECVS6-1 Severity: serious
The kaffe source package does not include the source code for kjc. Instead, there is just a kjc.jar full of compiled class files.
/usr/share/doc/kjc/copyright describes:
* libraries/javalib/kjc.jar
Kopi Java Compiler 2.1B with kaffe specific patches and bugfixes. Kjc is part of the Kopi project from DMS. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See license.terms for details.
More information on the Kopi project is available from http://www.dms.at/kopi/index.html.
The sources for the original kjc 2.1B compiler are available from DMS at the above URL. Patches from kaffe developers to kjc are available in the kaffe-extras repository of the kaffe.org CVS server.
As the version of the GNU GPL is not specified, one may choose any version published by the FSF. The "license.terms" file in the source package (should it be installed too?) contains the text of version 2. Its section 3 is not satisfied:
* Alternative a) does not apply, because the source code does not accompany the object code.
* Alternative b) does not apply, because there is no indication on which party is making the offer, and no binding promise to keep those servers up for three years.
* Alternative c) would also require a similar offer, additionally, it forbids commercial distribution and would thus make the package unsuitable for main.
The same reasoning applies to section 3 in version 1 of the GNU GPL. As far as I know, the FSF has not published other versions. Therefore, this package seems undistributable in its current condition.
Thanks a lot for pointing that out, that's indeed a serious problem with the package. I'll make sure that either kjc.jar includes the sources, or kjc's source code including the patches is part of kaffe.
cheers, dalibor topic
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