Evan, That presents a problem. Java itself is free, but Sun's implementation is not. For this reason, forcing all packages which depend on `java-virtual-machine' or whatever is pretty unfair. Packages that depend specifically on Sun's implementation, however, belong in contrib.
Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P--- L++>++$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? w---() !O !M !V PS+(++)>+ PE-(--) Y+>+ PGP t+>++ !5 X-- R>++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++ G>+++ e--> h! !r y>+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On 1 Mar 2001, Evan Prodromou wrote: > >>>>> "AR" == Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AR> But it will be good to have this in debian dist. This and > AR> others java lib, applications or systems. > > It can't be in Debian, since it's not DFSG-Free. > > If it can be legally redistributed with Debian, though, it can go in > non-free. And packages that depend on it could go in contrib. > > ~ESP > > -- > Evan Prodromou > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
