At work, we've just decided all our new hosting is Ubuntu 10.04 using Sun Java. This was fine until Oracle declded to rescind the distributor licenses. We do plan to move to OpenJDK, but only after the utmost testing.
In the meantime, I'm hand-rolling a deb based on the Oracle download. This project has attracted a few interested emails, so I'd like to make my work publicly available - even if I can't distribute a deb, I'd certainly like to make my recipe available for people in the same boat as me.[*] COPYRIGHT: What is the copyright status of the assorted Debian packaging scripts in the sun-java6-bin and sun-java6-jdk packages? sun-java6-bin contains no copyright notice. sun-java6-jdk contains one saying the "Debian packaging" is reusable under an X11-like licence. Is the Debian material in sun-java6-bin licensed similarly? I'd like to be able to distribute these files at least. (It's possible to do a recipe that says "and download these debs", but that's an annoyance best avoided if possible.) TECHNICAL: The copyright notice in sun-java6-jdk hasn't changed since 2008. If I get Sun files from 6u30 and put them into the corresponding places in these 6u26 debs, stuff *should* work (Sun Java 6 being in maintenance mode and changes being minimal). Is there any reason this wouldn't be the case? My first hackish attempt at a 6u30 deb is detailed at http://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/573719.html - it's missing a lot, but tomcat starts and runs, as does ActiveMQ and at least one of our internal bespoke applications :-) - d. [*] yes, I know it's our own silly fault for using proprietary software. I'm working on this one ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJ0tu1GCOTQJnLbKT5sAFFJ4f3a16g4SjN4iOr=n5209dmz...@mail.gmail.com
