Hiya
> > is this a "political" issue or is there just no maintainer for JAVA > > packages? > > Sun's Java implementation is proprietary software. You can't even > redistribute it, much less improve it and share it with your friends, > like you can the rest of Debian. You can't redistribute it in binary form unless it's been approved by Sun, since they want to ensure that distributed versions are standards-compliant (and make money in the process - no suprises there). >From an objective point of view, how could Sun have stopped Microsoft from distributing their non-standard JDK (ie. produces non-portable code by default) if they hadn't kept ownership of Java? -- C-YA Jon <http://www.witchspace.com>
