Oracle itseld could bundle NetBeans with its JDK, and/or Amazon with its JDK, and/or Azul, etc. The sources they’d need for doing that would be in the Apache NetBeans Github repo thanks to Reema’s PR.
Gj On Sunday, December 23, 2018, Matthias Bläsing <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Geertjan, > > Am Sonntag, den 23.12.2018, 13:17 +0100 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > > > Just like the NetBeans binaries, an installer (bundled or not), is a > > convenience binary. > > > > The installer might be bundled (if build from donated code). A JDK > (that was Emilians question) is a different beast. > > My reading is, that the apache foundation won't accept GPL*/GPL-2-CP > binaries in files distributed by it. That means we can't create a > bundled release. > > That won't stop other though. An external project could create binaries > based on the Apache Netbeans source, that: > > * bundles nb-javac (GPL-2-CP) > * bundles a JDK (plain OpenJDK, Azul JDK, Corretto should all be GPL- > 2-CP) > * bundles JavaFX (GPL-2-CP) > > Greetings > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
