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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jre,jdk}-bin
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:32:11
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42srdycsFD6gAqMOhLhyirtT_jE5Qt--T_-HQ0ASVbeqg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jre,jdk}-bin by Georgy Yakovlev
1 On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:35 PM Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o> (17 Apr 2019)
4 > # The Oracle JDK License has changed for releases starting April 16, 2019
5 > # While it may be fine to use for some usecases it's not comepletely clear
6 > # what is considered "personal use" and if we can legally distribute it.
7 > # License states:
8 > # "You may not:
9 > # make the Programs available in any manner to any third party"
10
11 I don't agree with your rationale here.
12
13 Gentoo does not distribute the JDK due to RESTRICT="fetch mirror" in
14 the ebuild, so Oracle's license has no relevance.
15
16 Oracle cannot prohibit us from distributing a shell script that moves
17 some files around. That liability is on the user who runs it.
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19 We cannot force you to continue maintaining this package, but I think
20 we should have a better reason for masking/removing it. If you cannot
21 provide one, please just drop this to maintainer-needed.

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jre,jdk}-bin Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jre,jdk}-bin James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o>