On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 10:12:55PM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi, > > I'm surprised that this wasn't discussed already in the past on this list > (or in the BTS of some important java packages), but what is the status > of Sun's Java architecture in Debian? > > It is licensed under GPL2 and should be compatible with DFSG. > > As far as I know only a few components are not yet freely available, > especially all which are subject to the Assembly Exception > (http://openjdk.java.net/legal/exception-modules-2007-05-08.html, > http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp). > > Is this the main blocker for accepting OpenJDK in Debian? Would it be > possible to just omit the binary modules or to replace these with free > implementations from other free projects?
Yes, this is a big blocker for this. We are working on icedtea, a temporary fork of openjdk, which tries to replace the the closed source parts. This is mainly discussed on the openjdk mailing lists and on IRC. Michael -- .''`. | Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : | Free Java Developer <http://www.classpath.org> `. `' | `- | 1024D/BAC5 4B28 D436 95E6 F2E0 BD11 5923 A008 2763 483B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
