Reinhard Tartler wrote: > http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/ > > The bigger question is, if that packages are suitable for inclusion > into debian. I think there are licence issues, but I'm not familiar > with netbeans licencing at all.
Well, I uploaded it to non-free on debian-unofficial.org, because the package there are made from the reference-binaries. The binaries are covered by the Sun Binary License, a free-as-in-beer license with some strange restrictions. The source is covered by the Sun Public License, a Mozilla Public License-derivative. Both, the SPL and the MPL are not DFSG compliant. Not enough, if I remeber correctly, debian-legal stated that MPL/SPL licensed only packages are not distributable by Debian at all, as this very license has "Claims of Infrigement" and other abstruse terms (don't count too much on that, this is just my /dev/memory, I'll have to check and document that further). However, I'll upload packages with the suffix -native (instead of -binary which is used for the packages made from the reference-binaries) in the near future to debian-unofficial.org. Due to the nature of NetBeans, it needs a Sun JRE/JDK as build-depends. So besides of the license issues, I don't see much sence in uploading these into Debian as the Sun J2SE is absent anyways, and NetBeans can't be build with one of the free JVMs available at the moment. In the meanwhile, you are welcome to use the packages on debian-unofficial.org. Regards, Daniel -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
