java-gnome vs. SWT (I know this has been asked before..but need some clarification)

Hey Guys, I have just joined this list and one of my first qustions for you guys is this: when developing a GUI application with java, is it better(keeping portability in mind) to use the java-gnome packages or the SWT packages? I know this has been asked before but this exact questions was not ans

Re: Sun's JVM in non-free

Ricky Clarkson gmail.com> writes: > I think the JRE is a bit more lenient, but I hardly ever use just a > JRE, so I don't read the licence for that very often. from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/j2re-1_4_2_05-license.txt "B.License to Distribute Software. Subject to the terms and conditions o

Re: RFH: how to really assemble java packages

Thanks for presentig the case to upstream. I hope they will follow your suggestions. cheers, dalibor topic

Re: Sun's JVM in non-free

Read the licence properly. They allow redistribution with a few terms, a number of which are problems, particularly the one about indemnification. Debian can't afford (and doesn't want to) indemnify Sun. Other problems include not allowing you to distribute alternatives to the java.* packages if

Sun's JVM in non-free

Does anybody remember the exact reason this isn't possible? From what I understand from Sun's license, they do allow redistribution. IANAL so help me out. ;)