[SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Jaka Kranjc (b588c0494b56d3302075ef0aca41b79778cfe010)

Jaka Kranjc lynx at mages.ath.cx
Wed Nov 15 09:52:42 EST 2006


> > > I know java is now gpl, but was this addition discussed at all? It's
> > > kind of serious to add a z-rejected cross-grimoire dependency.
> >
> > java is only available from there and I rather did this than moved
> > everything to z-rejected.
>
> I don't think convenience is really relavent. This is a licensing issue
> and relates back to our social contract. We can't just break that if
> its convenient.
So we rather have broken spells? If those spells are moved to z-rejected, 
wouldn't the added argument be a no-op? To me it seems like the first step of 
a proper solution.

>
> The last time we talked about this the resolution was:
>   free but dependent on non-free but not feasibly freeable -> z-rejected
>   free but dependent on non-free but feasibly freeable -> main w/bug
>   feasable being up to the grimoire lead
I'm not knowledgeable about java and the fixes affect other people's 
sections/spells, so I have no clue what qualifies as feasibly freeable. 
Maybe I should've asked for the maintainers to clear this up, but you can see 
what kind the general mood was from the other thread; relevancy?

> In anycase, you might be able to get away with depending on JAVA or
> something, but using a cross-grimoire dependency for z-rejected is
> probably something that should at least be discussed in a wider forum.
>
> I would say remove the cross-grimoire part for now.
Some spells do depend on JAVA, but I don't know how this fixes anything. 

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