On 03/09/14 14:21, Ian Jackson wrote: > The JDK8 licence is GPL-incompatible.
The same statement doesn't seem to be present in the LICENSE file inside the tarball. So, someone who already has a JDK8 source tarball should be licensed to redistribute it freely, but that statement on their website, "the JDK source code may only be distributed to an authorized list of countries", is very confusing. > If there is anyone else's GPL > code in JDK8 Oracle are violating the copyright of the other > contributors. That seems true either way. They can't ignore their GPL obligations due to "limited intellectual property protection and enforcement in certain countries". Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/540718e9.70...@pyro.eu.org
