On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:11:12 +0100 Manuel Faux <manuel.faux@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. I want to give the option to manually download the file, if one accepts the non-free license of Oracle. Which file system path would be appropriate to be prepared for that file? I would not feel comfortable to add the file to add the file inside /usr/lib/jvm/... or something. Manuel > > > > > 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
