Re: Bug#35980: OmniORB package missing Sun License and should be co nsidered non-free

[Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>]

Hi,

On 12 Apr, Raul Miller wrote:
 > Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@xpsystems.com> wrote:
 > > Only omniorb-devel has the IDL compiler in it.  Consequently, when the
 > > archive has been properly configured by the maintainer, I will upload -5
 > > with revised license info.  omniorb-devel will go to non-free, the others
 > > will remain in "main".
 > > 
 > > I have contacted upstream maintainers to ask for their opinion.
 > 
 > Unless there is an alternative IDL compiler that allows people to
 > put together applications for omniorb, I think omniorb and omniorb-doc
 > should be in contrib.

FYI, I'll probably end up doing the same with TAO once its pluggable
protocol support is complete since I'll be able to seperate the IIOP
pluggable protocol into a seperate non-free package.  If the
OmniORB upstream maintainers can convince Sun to ease up on the license
could you please let me know since TAO's license is pretty much the
same and I'd like to see it be less restrictive?

Thanks,
-Ossama
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Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>
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