I was wondering now that you mensioned the java2 vm. I've seen on the "packages being worked on" list that openoffice debs are being prepared. I am not sure how accurate this list is but openoffice is on. As far as i know both openoffice and sun's jdk have the same licenses. How come sun's jdk (or derivatives like ibm and blackdown) are not considered for non-free? It's not like there is no demand for 1.3+ compliant vm/libraries.
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 19:12, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:09:40AM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > > > I wondered if there is a deb available for Netbeans? Its a great open > > source IDE, I think. Or is there something wrong with the license? > > Assuming that it requires a Java2 virtual machine, it isn't useful with > software available in Debian, nor even with software in the non-free > archive, so the advantages of packaging it are substantially reduced. > > Of course, no one can stop you from creating debs and distributing them, so > long as the software's license permits it (which it must if it is truly Open > Source). > > -- > - mdz > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]