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Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing

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In article <fec6a115-23fb-40d2-bc89-5749d144fe35@googlegroups.com>,
 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:

> spac... wrote:
> > I'm trying to package Java3d for Fedora Linux, in order to be able 
> > to package things that depend on it, such as 3D printing software.  
> > I have a package ready, but there's a snag because the license 
> > isn't actually the BSD license. It has the extra restriction that 
> > the software can't be used for nuclear facilities.
> 
> Why is that a problem for you? Are nuclear facilities that important 
> a market for you?

I think this is more about Fedora license [1] compatibility [2]. I've 
always assumed that Sun's license clause [3] was about liability more 
than ideology. Maybe I should move the smoke detector away from the 
computer.

> > Tom Calloway points out:
> > 
> >     In the past, Sun was willing to drop that clause on a case
> >     by case basis (and way back in 1998, they promised they were
> >     getting rid of it entirely...)
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest contacts on either the Java3d developer team, or 
> > in Oracle licensing, that might be able to help with this?

The Java 3D license [4] says, "This is the same open-source license that 
OpenJDK is now using." How does Fedora's OpenJDK package handle this?

[1] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines>
[2] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#SoftwareLicenses>
[3] <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/binary-license-2007-08-02.html>
[4] <http://java3d.java.net/#Licenses>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing spacewar@gmail.com - 2012-09-14 12:27 -0700
  Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 12:52 -0700
    Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-14 22:50 -0400
      Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing 231c46@gmail.com - 2012-09-15 00:38 -0700
        Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-15 21:40 -0400
  Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing paul.cager@googlemail.com - 2012-09-15 04:52 -0700
    Re: java3d licensing: contact wanted for dev team or licensing 231c46@gmail.com - 2012-09-15 12:04 -0700

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