severity 370295 important thanks The rationale given for reopening this bug was:
"The SWT example suggests that it is OK to reimplement large parts of the Java API and configure Sun's Java to run with it, but the plain language of the license prohibits it." Even though the license text appears to prohibit this, and even though the license text asserts that the FAQ is non-binding, we have: - a statement from upstream (in the FAQ) that the DLJ does not prohibit distributing sun-java5 together with eclipse, which implies it does not prohibit distributing it together with SWT - an upstream liaison who understands Debian packaging and how these packages are put together and who, after reviewing this bug report, closed it with the statement that these issues have been addressed. It is also debatable whether Debian has "combined, configured, or distributed the Software to run in conjunction with any additional software that implements the same or similar functionality or APIs as the Software." We are distributing the software in such a way that a user can opt to combine them, but even though sun-java5 is listed as providing java2-runtime, on a default Debian system non-free is not even listed in the apt configuration. I'm not going to claim that there are no bugs in the way this package is currently licensed; lack of clarity is always a bug. But I don't believe there is anything here that warrants holding the package out of the release -- and upstream apparently agrees. -- 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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
