* Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 22:35]: > That's why you create classes under packages other than `java' or > `javax'. The Java API proper is in the `java' and `javax' packages, and > Sun is simply trying to keep Java consistent across implementations by > using their IP powers to make not implementing these packages to spec > illegal. > > It's called standards. It's why they exist. Sun just happens to have the > IP power to enforce them.
I'm not saying an attempt to have standards is bad; I'm saying that due to how Sun wishes to maintain standards, I don't think a free Java API implementation can succeed. It is why there isn't a standard Java package in Debian. > Considering Mozilla will stabilize and become fully usable soon enough, I > don't think this drastic a change is really necessary. Good; then you can delete Navigator at that point and not worry about it being non-free. :) > > > - figfonts > > Hehe. Do you *need* figlet? :) > Do I *need* reproductive organs? Nope. Care to donate yours to the needy? :) > > > - filters-nonfree (for when fortune doesn't cut the mustard :) > > Hehe. Do you *need* to read something in Cockney English? :) > Do I *need* two functioning eyes, rather than just one? Many organisms don't even *have* eyes. Two is just wasteful. Care to donate yours to the needy? :) > What `su' diatribe, exactly? info su; /Richard Cheers! :) -- Earthlink: The #1 provider of unsolicited bulk email to the Internet.