Actually, as I understand 'ti' GPL will never weaken the license to be
circulated with permissive licenses, e.g.
- Apache
- MIT
- BSD
- ...etc.
I don't think this is a big thing. GCC isn't donated to Apache (GPL that
it is, etc.) and there's lots of other things including plugins with other
licenses.
only 2-cents,
aplatypus
On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 at 05:20, Geertjan Wielenga
<geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> IntelliJ is not distributed by Apache. NetBeans is distributed by Apache.
> Apache does not allow distribution of GPL code or binaries. The Java
> compiler is GPL licensed.
>
> Gj
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 7:07 PM Peter Steele <steeleh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oracle already has "donated" it in a way because of the openjdk project.
>> Nb-javac is just an extension of the javac distributed with added extras to
>> make ide's able to parse the results of compiling better (that's my take).
>> Intelij does a similar thing, presumably based on the openjdk code.
>>
>> The difference being intelij doesn't make you download something extra.
>> So the question is valid, why is netbeans different to intelij in this
>> respect and why does it have to be downloaded separately. I personally find
>> it weird why oracle thinks it wants to keep the extended javac code a
>> secret when the javac code is visible at the openjdk project.
>>
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018, 17:43 Geertjan Wielenga
>> <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid wrote:
>>
>>> No, that's the point. It will never be donated to Apache. It belongs to
>>> Oracle. Oracle is never going to donate its Java compiler, or forks
>>> thereof, to anybody.
>>>
>>> Gj
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:41 PM Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is nb-javac on the roadmap for being donated to apache?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:54 AM Geertjan Wielenga <
>>>> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why can't we just bundle it all together and have it ready to go in
>>>>>> the zip?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because, for example, in the case of Java support in Apache NetBeans,
>>>>> the nb-javac compiler belongs to Oracle and is GPL licensed and hence
>>>>> cannot be distributed by Apache. You need to install it yourself, i.e.,
>>>>> individually accept the licensing terms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gj
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 4:52 PM Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For what it's worth, I often have to install netbeans on computers
>>>>>> that are not connected to the internet. In v8.2 and prior, I could
>>>>>> download
>>>>>> the EE version and have everything I need to get up and running (except
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> maven dependencies and any additional netbeans plugins). Maven
>>>>>> dependencies
>>>>>> can be synced using a local nexus server and some swivel chair action
>>>>>> and i
>>>>>> was able to find a way to clone the entire netbeans plugin repo for local
>>>>>> installations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With the newer installs, we're pretty much forced o be online during
>>>>>> the first "activation" of a specific feature. Why can't we just bundle it
>>>>>> all together and have it ready to go in the zip? Alternatively, if there
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> single place there all of the online activation stuff downloads the
>>>>>> necessary dependencies from then it's possible that i can just clone that
>>>>>> website/repo. Is this how it works? If so, where is the repo?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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