-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a doubt about this. On Thursday, 2011-09-01 at 10:49 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote here: +++-------------------------- Subject: [opensuse-factory] Focusing on OpenJDK - Sun/Oracle JDK will not be in 12.1 Up to now, openSUSE users had the choice of using openJDK (GPL with classpath exceptions) or Sun/Oracle's Java. The Sun/Oracle Java was licensed under the "Distributor's License for Java (DLJ)", which allowed Linux distributors to package and redistribute Sun/Oracle Java. Recently, Oracle announced [1] that openJDK 7 is the new official reference implementation for Java SE7. They no longer see the need for the DLJ licensed Java implementation and so have retired that license. openSUSE chooses to proceed with distributing the GPL licensed official reference implementation, openJDK. We will no longer distribute newer versions or updates of the now proprietary licensed Sun/Oracle JDK. Existing installations of the Sun/Oracle JDK are still licensed under the now retired DLJ. openSUSE users who wish to continue using the Sun/Oracle JDK (including new versions thereof and updates) should now download directly from http://www.oracle.com/java. For now we keep the current sun-java packages (under the DLJ license) in the Java:sun:Factory project and will not update them anymore. I suggest to document in the openSUSE wiki how to install the Sun/Oracle JDK version from Oracle under openSUSE. Andreas - --------------------------++- I just looked at the description in the "jre1.8.0_60" rpm from Oracle, while installing it. It says: +++-------------------------- jre1.8.0_60 - Java Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment The Java Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) contains everything necessary to run applets and applications designed for the Java platform. This includes the Java virtual machine, plus the Java platform classes and supporting files. The JRE is freely redistributable, per the terms of the included license. - --------------------------++- My question is: Is still true that openSUSE can not distribute Oracle JRE, or can it be done? Perhaps the issue is that they want the rpm to be redistributed without modification, whereas it needs to be changed to adapt file locations and links :-? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlYnwZ8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VdKACcDRTN11mJPznjA7CLHohDAbUp LBwAoIkZdVu7x4SbzPwI+fgnn9OObjqG =/gAZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org