On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 10:14:33AM +0200, todd rme wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
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.
Just thinking out loud - might it be an option to keep distributing the older Java or was the license for that changed too?
I think the problem is that it is no longer getting security fixes.
Yes. Redistribution of newer versions is no longer legal. As far as I read AJs announcement, packages will likely however live in the OBS, in the Java:sun:Factory project. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org