Why FC4 using the Jpackage 1.4.2 Java?
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Mon Jun 27 18:24:41 UTC 2005
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 12:14:27PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Note that the FSF definition of free is in contrast most other uses of
> the word. Java is 'not-free' only in that fanatical sense.
This a is an obviously loaded post, but I'll reply anyway. Fanatical or not,
it's not *practically* free enough to be included in Fedora, because its
license forbids it.
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