FreeTDS Development Group

[Andreas Tille <tillea AT rki.de>]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Jonathan Carlson wrote:

> I just subscribed to this list, so forgive me if I've missed something.  But
> isn't Ant pure java?  So why would it need to be re-implemented for Debian?
May be "implemented" was the wrong word. "Packaged" would be better.
Then there is the license problem, which is quite strong for Debian.
For instance if a program requres JDK (and can't be compiled with a
free alternative) the program can't go into "main" Debian but just in
"contrib".  I would really dislike this (if it would be the case which
I don't know).

Kind regards

           Andreas.