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Neil C Smith commented on NETBEANS-5109:
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[~matthiasblaesing] [~jlahoda] actually, as goes distributing the library by
itself, it's fairly clear - we can't. We might be able to get OK to include
nb-javac out of the box in the IDE if properly audited that all code in it is
covered by CPE, but CPE covers combining it _with_ something! So, yes, the
points raised in this issue apply either way.
Is there any way we can publish the NBMs as well via Maven and add to the
plugin centre? Ideally within 12.3 timeframe, but possibly next release. I
would love to ditch the third-party UC - caused too many problems!
> Remove distribution of nbjavac from apache controlled infrastructure
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> Key: NETBEANS-5109
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5109
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: java - Compiler
> Affects Versions: 12.3
> Reporter: Matthias Bläsing
> Assignee: Matthias Bläsing
> Priority: Blocker
>
> The ASF has a pretty clear opinion about the handling of the GPLv2-CPE. There
> might be an option to distribute it, but not out of the box. After the
> transition of NetBeans from oracle to the ASF there was a timeframe were use
> of the Oregon State University was ok, as the transition was happening. I
> think we stretched that limit to the max and thus I consider this a blocker
> for the next release. The nbjavac needs to be moved of ASF controlled
> infrastructure.
> There are various options:
> - Oracle could publish nbjavac to maven central
> - Oracle could provide a custom updatecenter distributing the nbjavac
> - Oracle could relicense javac
> - Apache NetBeans could switch to the eclipse java development tools
> Not all of these options are realistic, but publishing to maven central is
> perfectly doable.
> I'll mark this as a blocker for next release, so it is not ignored.
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