On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 01:27:22PM +0200, Henning Sprang wrote: > Michael Koch wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 12:28:09PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > >> Am I missing something? Isn't Sun's Java 6 in Debian still in non-free?! > > It is. And it will never move to main. Someone should revert this change > > to old text which is more clear, IMO. > > Please look at the Wiki page the edited sentence described, first. > > The link this sentence is describing is not about Java 6 in particular, > and the link to NonFree was broken, so I removed it, and made the > sentence more generic. > > The OpenJDK the linked page is describing will not be in non-free for a > very long time, I guess, but in contrib, I guess?
There is still a long road to get this into main. Many legal issues need to be solved first. > It might a different case with a binary distribution of suns jdk (will > that be available as deb in parallell toi the really gpl free jdk?) > > > Tell me what you think and I'll change it to fit your tastes - > currently, saying "it is in Debian" is not exactly wrong. It is. Quoting the Debian Policy: "Packages in the other distribution areas (contrib, non-free) are not considered to be part of the Debian distribution, although we support their use and provide infrastructure for them (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists)." Cheers, 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]
