suns' java leagal issues

[Conrad Meyer]

On Monday 17 November 2008 01:24:13 pm David Timms wrote:
> مؤيد السعدي wrote:
> > any of the two mean that I can't use package manager to get it
> > I can't install netbeans ..etc. from package manager
>
> What isn't working with open jdk ?
> Works for me: yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk
> What isn't working for you ?
>    (Have you posted a bugzilla.redhat.com bugs ?)
>
> ...
>
> > why we don't pack suns' java like them ? is there any legal issue ? and
>
> We build from source. this includes the jdk.

Evidently doesn't include kmod-nvidia...

> > what are the counter legal procedures done by ubuntu people in order to
> > provide that package and redistribute it
>
> Not care...
>
> For a complete history, you could summarize the java discussions in
> fedora-devel. Otherwise, are the following helpful ? :
> - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java
> - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ
>
> DaveT.

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Conrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org>