On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Bernd Kreimeier wrote:
> > A request for clarification: it is my understanding that the > IBM JDK port for Linux can not be packaged for Debian because > of licensing that requires RedHat. I also remember reading According to the license I have read about two weeks ago, it may not even be installed on anything else, than Redhat 6.0 and Caldera 2.2. > that IBM and RedHat have some kind of distribution agreement. Of this I don't know, but I guess IBM will not enter into anything similar to its agreements in Microsoft in the past. And this would be VERY similar to it. > Finally, I read a claim that Bruce Perens is/was talking to > IBM about these issues. > About issues concerning the IBM Public License, which is the license of jikes, but unfortunately not the license of the IBM JDK. I haven't heard of Bruce Perens talking to them about the JDK, only gathering ammunition. > With respect to potato having gone into freeze, is it correct > to say that even if the issue is resolved, the IBM JDK will > not be available with Debian/for Debian? If any of the above > is incorrect, I'd appreciate a notifier. Thanks. > Well, there IS an installer for the IBM JDK 1.1.8 in potato contrib or non-free, I don't remember off my head. However the licensing... God knows. But there is always the way of installing Redhat, and then overwriting with Potato :) If a scrap of redhat remains, eg. an motd file or something similar, than the software is used in conjunction with Redhat :) However don't expect support for it :) Robert Varga
