On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Greetings all; > > I find myself in need of the collected wisdom of the community on whether to > prune one of the FAQ's from the web site or to take the axe to it > completely. > > The FAQ in question is located here; > http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-overview.html#11, and has to do with the > distribution of the Java JRE with a commercial distribution of OpenOffice. > > Given that there are certain dependencies of AOO on Java one part of me > thinks that some heavy pruning and wording such as /this is an issue best > decided between you and your legal representative and point them to links to > both the Java License and the ALV2. > > The more conservative part of me says the interaction between the two > licenses creates a minefield that is best avoided by cutting it altogether. > > I would apprecate any and all thoughts on the matter. >
There is nothing in the Apache License that would prevent someone from bundling a JRE with a distribution of Apache OpenOffice. But we're not the experts on what Oracle's licensing requirements are. So I don't think we should try to answer that question. Maybe just remove that FAQ altogether? Another way of thinking about it: If we have not seen a question in the last 12 months, on the list, or on the forum, then is it really "frequent"? -Rob > Regards > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
