On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:08:10 -0800 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:22:16AM +0200, Elad Alfassa wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Manuel Faux <manuel.faux@xxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > NetBeans 7.4 requires a file called jnlp-servlet.jar which is > > part of the Oracle JDK and itself non-free licensed. The file is > > not required for building, but for specific functions of the > > software. > > > > > > More concrete, the file is required if "one wants to build a > > packaged war file of JNLP version of a suite". > > > > It seems like only the class > > jnlp.sample.servlet.JnlpDownloadServlet is required, but I could > > not find it in the OpenJKD. > > > > How is this normally handled? Should we add a file to the docs > > which describes that for this specific functionality that file is > > required? > > Manuel > > -- > > devel mailing list > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > > > > > > > > The answer is simple. Remove the file. Don't distribute it in > > Fedora. Have a README.fedora file in /usr/share/docs/netbeans (or > > whatever) which explains that this file was removed due to > > licensing issues and how to get it. > > > Depending on the license, you may just need to remove the file in the > spec file or you may need to clean it from the tarball before that > tarball is uploaded to the lookaside cache (via fedpkg new-sources). > > You may also need to patch the software so that it gracefully handles > the lack of that file at runtime. Perhaps removing the menu entry > that won't function or popping up a dialog to explain that the > netbeans we ship can't use that non-free functionality. > > -Toshio Thanks for your input. I already asked in the legal mailing list, and it was suggested that I might ask at Oracle if they change the license in a way that it complies to free software. But even if they would do it, it would take some time, and I don't want to wait for that. So in between I will go on by just don't shipping that file. Manuel -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
