Walter Landry schrieb: > Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> severity 370296 normal >> thanks >> >> I think that is your interpretation. The paragraph cited never talks >> about "the exact same file". It's an archive of some form, which is >> unpacked and repacked in the deb format. >> >> - no files in the archive is distributed modified. >> - all files in the archive are complete. completeness is guaranteed >> by package dependencies, except for the files declared as >> optional in the README. > > In the README, there is the statement > > The limited set of files from the JDK listed below may be included > in vendor redistributions of the J2SE Runtime Environment. They > cannot be redistributed separately, and must accompany a JRE > distribution. > > This does not seem to allow a separate JDK package, since the JRE > would not _always_ accompany the JDK. Later, the README says > > If you wish to distribute the JRE rather than the JDK... > > which implies that they do not consider the case of splitting the JDK > from the JRE.
good point; that's still referencing the distribution of the two separate package files (jre and jdk (including jre)). Needs clarification. >> We did check with Sun that the resulting packaging conforms to the >> distribution terms. > > If you have a binding statement from Sun that it is OK to enforce > completeness only through package dependencies, then it would be great > if you could put that in the copyright file. Not sure, when the license itself will be changed; I prepared a new upload to add the license FAQ and reference it from the copyright file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
