sun-java5 dlj license needs clarifications
Bug #45309 reported by
Cyclops
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sun-java5 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Matthias Klose |
Bug Description
Did anyone read the license?
"Sun also grants you a (...) limited license to reproduce and distribute the Software, (...) provided that you *do*not*combine*, *configure* or *distribute* the Software to *run*in*conjunction with any *additional*
So as long as there's libgcj in Ubuntu... Ubuntu can't distribute it.
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Another perl of this "fine" license:
Sun also grants you a (...) limited license to reproduce and distribute the
Software, (...) provided that: (...) the Software is distributed with your Operating System, and such distribution is solely for the purposes of running Programs under the control of your Operating System and designing, developing and testing Programs to be run under the control of your Operating System;