On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Andrew Shadura wrote: > As far as I remember, a license change for the non-free Oracle Java > some time ago made in non-redistributable by Linux distributions.
Indeed. > However, news say Raspbian now includes Oracle Java [1]. I wonder: has > anything changed in Oracle Java licensing, or is it just an exception > Oracle made for Raspbian and its users? Or is Raspbian actually > violating the license? > > [1] http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4920 I cannot find oracle-java7-jdk in the Raspbian archive: https://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/ I downloaded the Rasbian image from the RasberryPi folks (they are separate to Rasbian). Apart from the Rasbian repository it also references these two archives: http://raspberrypi.collabora.com http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ The Oracle JDK package comes from here: http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/o/oracle-java7-jdk/ My guess is that the RaspberryPi folks negotiated a different license with Oracle to be able to distribute it. I suggest you contact them to find out. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6fts0gt4tzqnqbbtrdzq1ze4czrb4ra4n7akaktum6...@mail.gmail.com
