On 18 April 2019 02:31:42 BST, Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:35 PM Georgy Yakovlev <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> # Georgy Yakovlev <[email protected]> (17 Apr 2019) >> # The Oracle JDK License has changed for releases starting April 16, >2019 >> # While it may be fine to use for some usecases it's not comepletely >clear >> # what is considered "personal use" and if we can legally distribute >it. >> # License states: >> # "You may not: >> # make the Programs available in any manner to any third party" > >I don't agree with your rationale here. > >Gentoo does not distribute the JDK due to RESTRICT="fetch mirror" in >the ebuild, so Oracle's license has no relevance. > >Oracle cannot prohibit us from distributing a shell script that moves >some files around. That liability is on the user who runs it. > >We cannot force you to continue maintaining this package, but I think >we should have a better reason for masking/removing it. If you cannot >provide one, please just drop this to maintainer-needed.
While I was overjoyed to see this mask, this is a fair point. I had previously been under the impression that Oracle wasn't even going to provide their own builds anymore, giving way to OpenJDK, but I guess that's not the plan now, if it ever was. It doesn't seem like a very Oracle thing to do. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
