On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 08:16:24AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > Package: sun-java5-jre > Version: 1.5.0-06-1 > Severity: serious
> In the Distributor License for Java, there is the clause > (c) you do not combine, configure or distribute the Software to > run in conjunction with any additional software that implements > the same or similar functionality or APIs as the Software; > Debian distributes Jython, which can run with sun-java. However, > Jython, being a reimplementation of Python, implements a great deal of > similar functionality as sun-java. > This can be fixed by making Jython conflict with sun-java, although I > suspect that there may be other packages that also cause problems. There have been various clarifications that the intent of this clause is to prohibit distributing sun-java5 in a configuration that mixes and matches parts of Sun's implementation with other Java implementations. Why are these clarifications not sufficient when we regularly accept clarifications of this nature from other copyright holders? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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