Author: malat Date: 2013-09-08 16:28:47 +0000 (Sun, 08 Sep 2013) New Revision: 17201
Added: trunk/saxonhe/debian/README.Debian Log: Add licensing info Added: trunk/saxonhe/debian/README.Debian =================================================================== --- trunk/saxonhe/debian/README.Debian (rev 0) +++ trunk/saxonhe/debian/README.Debian 2013-09-08 16:28:47 UTC (rev 17201) @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +Some source java files from upstream were removed. Namely all files from +directory: + + net/sf/saxon/xqj/* + +indeed: + +saxonhe-9.4.0.7\src\main\java\javax\xml\xquery\*: + Copyright # 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Oracle. All rights + reserved. + +are licensed under non-free terms: + +[...] +(c) +does not modify, subset, superset or otherwise extend those public +class or interface declarations whose names begin with "Java" +[...] + +ref: +http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-java-maintainers/2013-September/043308.html + +full text: + +---------- Forwarded message ---------- +From: Michael Kay <[email protected]> +Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:24 PM +Subject: Re: Saxon-HE copyright +To: Eugene Zhukov <[email protected]> + + +These Java interface definitions are taken from the XQJ specification, +JSR 225, which you can find here: + +http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr225/index.html + +along with the licensing terms. + +An extract of the license is: + +In addition, to the extent that an implementation of the Specification +would be considered +a derivative work under applicable law requiring a license grant from +the holder of the +copyright in the Specification, the Spec Lead grants a copyright +license solely for the +purpose of making and/or distributing an implementation of the +Specification that: (a) +except for the RI code licensed from Oracle under the RI License which +is attached +hereto as Exhibit B, does not include or otherwise make any use of the +RI; (b) fully +implements the Specification including all of its required interfaces +and functionality; (c) +does not modify, subset, superset or otherwise extend those public +class or interface +declarations whose names begin with “java;” and (d) passes the TCK. + +In other words: Saxon, as an implementation of the XQJ specification, +takes advantage +of the copyright license granted by Oracle, and satisifies the terms +of this license insofar +as it is a complete implementation of the specification and passes the TCK. + +NOTE: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. + +Michael Kay +Saxonica _______________________________________________ pkg-java-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-commits
