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. We did check with Sun that the resulting packaging conforms to the distribution terms. Matthias Walter Landry schrieb: > Package: sun-java5-jre > Version: 1.5.0-06-1 > Severity: serious > > In the DLJ, there is the clause > > Sun also grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, > royalty-free limited license to reproduce and distribute the > Software, directly or indirectly through your licensees, > distributors, resellers, or OEMs, electronically or in physical > form or pre-installed with your Operating System on a general > purpose desktop computer or server, provided that: (a) the > Software and any proprietary legends or notices are complete and > unmodified; ... > > According to the copyright file, Debian gets the package from > > http://download.java.net/dlj/binaries/ > > That location only has a single binary package. However, Debian > splits that into multiple packages (sun-java5-bin, sun-java5-jdk, > sun-java5-jre, etc.). So Debian is not distributing the code complete > and unmodified. > > This problem was brought up with Sun [1]. They explained why it is > nice to split up the package, but failed to explain why Debian is > allowed to do the split. Jeroen also commented about it [2], and > makes the argument that the changes necessary for package management > are acceptable. But this does not explain why Debian can split the > package, thus only distributing part of what Debian gets from Sun. > > Cheers, > Walter Landry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg00151.html > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg00141.html > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
