[needs-packaging] jai (Java Advanced Imaging API)

[Craig]

The Java Advanced Imaging API provides a set of object-oriented interfaces that support a simple, high-level programming model which lets you manipulate images easily.

URL: http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/
License: JDL/JRL

Filed in Debian at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341776

According to https://jai-core.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35, a license change was requested, and accepted, in 2005. However, there have been no updates since, so I'm not sure what the licensing situation is exactly.

[Aldous D. Penaranda (dous-penarmac)]

On 12/3/05, Andreas Schildbach <email address hidden> wrote:
> JAI, JAI Tools and JavaMail - all of those can't be distributed as a
> .deb like the JDK or JRE. This qualifies them to be packaged by
> yourself, using a similar process (make-jpkg).

There's already libgnumail-java, a free implementation of the JavaMail
API, in Debian.

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[Craig (candrews-integralblue)]

The Java Advanced Imaging API provides a set of object-oriented interfaces that support a simple, high-level programming model which lets you manipulate images easily.

URL: http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/
License: JDL/JRL

Filed in Debian at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341776

According to https://jai-core.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35, a license change was requested, and accepted, in 2005. However, there have been no updates since, so I'm not sure what the licensing situation is exactly.

[Craig (candrews-integralblue)]

JAI seems to be still under the JDL/JRL. In 2005, a bug report was filed
requesting a license change, and upstream agreed.
https://jai-core.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35 However, there has
been no more news that I could find out this license change, and the
license in the source repository has not changed.

Seeing as Java is quickly opening up, can you release JAI under a more
open license, such as the GPL that is used for the JDK?

Thank you,
~Craig

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu-malaterre)]

Is is possible to havve JAI in non-free meanwhile ?

Thanks,
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[Michael Koch (konqueror)]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:32:36PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Is is possible to havve JAI in non-free meanwhile ?

Have they changed their license meanwhile?

Cheers,
Michael

[Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu-malaterre)]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Michael Koch <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:32:36PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> Is is possible to havve JAI in non-free meanwhile ?
>
> Have they changed their license meanwhile?

Obviously not. I would not be asking for non-free otherwise :)
I'd like to avoid redoing the debian/* files. Thanks.

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[Michael Koch (konqueror)]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:13:25PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Michael Koch <email address hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:32:36PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> >> Is is possible to havve JAI in non-free meanwhile ?
> >
> > Have they changed their license meanwhile?
>
> Obviously not. I would not be asking for non-free otherwise :)
> I'd like to avoid redoing the debian/* files. Thanks.

IIRC the old license was even unsuitable for non-free.

You can mail Arnaud directly about the debian/* files.

Cheers,
Michael

[Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu-malaterre)]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Michael Koch <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:13:25PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Michael Koch <email address hidden> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:32:36PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> >> Is is possible to havve JAI in non-free meanwhile ?
>> >
>> > Have they changed their license meanwhile?
>>
>> Obviously not. I would not be asking for non-free otherwise :)
>> I'd like to avoid redoing the debian/* files. Thanks.
>
> IIRC the old license was even unsuitable for non-free.
>
> You can mail Arnaud directly about the debian/* files.

Hum, could someone confirm JAI has a new license:

https://jai-imageio-core.dev.java.net/

Summary The Java Advanced Imaging Image I/O Tools API Core
Categories None
License Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) License
Owner(s) bpb

Who is this 'Arnaud' ? How do I contact him ?

Thanks,
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Mathieu

[Torsten Werner (twerner)]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mathieu Malaterre
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Hum, could someone confirm JAI has a new license:
>
> https://jai-imageio-core.dev.java.net/

looks good

> Who is this 'Arnaud' ? How do I contact him ?

He was a Debian developer but he is no longer one. There is no point
in contacting him.

Cheers,
Torsten

[Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu-malaterre)]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Torsten Werner <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mathieu Malaterre
> <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Hum, could someone confirm JAI has a new license:
>>
>> https://jai-imageio-core.dev.java.net/
>

For some reason I got confused and mixed-up jai and jai-imageio

https://jai-core.dev.java.net/

The source code for the jai-core project is licensed under the Java
Research License (JRL) for non-commercial use.
From: https://jai.dev.java.net/

Sorry for the noise,
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Mathieu

[Johan Van de Wauw (johanvdw)]

Debian closed this bug because it was a bug against a package (java-package) which no longer exists.
The issue remains.

[Johan Van de Wauw (johanvdw)]

Package exists now
http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/precise/jai-core