Josselin Mouette wrote: > Please note that we don't accept software in Debian just because it is > useful, but also because it is free. Understood.
> That said, I agree with some of the arguments given about the > choice-of-venue clause. It is a bad clause, but I don't think it makes a > piece of software non-free. There is no consensus about it on > debian-legal. The ideal outcome of this thread would be that the interpretation of the choice-of-venue clause would permit packages (such as NetBeans) to be accepted in Debian. > About Netbeans, I don't understand how it would be distributable if > running over a GPL JVM, as the CDDL and the GPL are incompatible. The interim solution is depending on the DLJ JVM ("non-free") which would mean that during that period NetBeans, also, would need to be in "non-free". Once the the full JVM is available under GPL then running applications on top of it *are* compatible with any license as this was the specific rationale for adding the Classpath exception [1]. Thanks, --Tom [1] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]