On 5/17/06, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2006/5/17, Carlo Calica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On 5/17/06, Peter Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Now, I'm no great fan of Java, but I recognize that it's probably
> > > something good to have easily and readily available. So will 013
include
> > > Java, now that Sun is permitting the binaries to be packaged by
distros?[0]
I'd like to have it an InstallPackage away (ie, in the/a binaries
repository) if it's now possible.
> > Good question, as a mirror provider I need to research more. Raising
> > points both PRO and CON seems relevant for this list. As one of my
> > preferred languages (as in pay the bills), I'd like to suppport Java.
>
> I'd like that too. I've read the Operating System Distributor's
> License for Java (also known as the "Distro License for Java" or DLJ:
> http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-v1.1.txt ) and what it says is, in
> short, that this is our software and you may distribute it in any way
> as long as it's distributed bundled, or as an installable package,
> with your operating system (which can be any Linux flavor or
> OpenSolaris).
> The only hatch, as I see it, is that one must present the license (or
> at least point to it) for the user, in any way possible, so that they
> are aware that they are using licensed software. This doesn't has to
> be a click-through approach, it is mandatory.
Thanks for the review.
> Is this doable with any of GoboLinux' mechanisms?
It's doable in pre_build in Recipes. Right now, binary packages only
offer PostInstall; presenting the license after the files have been
already put in place would be kinda weird. I think it would be best to
extend InstallPackage as proposed below:
On 5/17/06, Rafael Jeffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Although, GPL does not require it, we would be on the safe side if we
ask the user to accept every license for every program when it is
installed.
For me, something like the behavior we had on CompileProgram with the
READMEs are fine: show the user the license and ask Yes-No.
This would be ideal, I think. Still on the "feature wishlist" realm,
it would be nice to have a configuration file with a list of
user-preapproved licenses, so we wouldn't have to say Yes to every
{GPL, LGPL, BSD, X11} licensed program.
-- Hisham
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