multimedia software

John wrote:

> Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
>> On zo, 2005-11-20 at 19:42 +0800, John wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Besides, not being free software doesn't prevent the provision of a
>>>package to acquire it by download.
>> 
>> 
>> If suns java license would allow redistribution, Sun java would be in
>> multiverse. But the license does not allow this.
>> 
> 
> I quote:
> B.License to Distribute Software. Subject to the terms and
> conditions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to
> the Java Technology Restrictions of these Supplemental
> Terms, Sun grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
> limited license without fees to reproduce and distribute
> the Software, provided that (i) you distribute the Software
> complete and unmodified (unless otherwise specified in the
> applicable README file) and only bundled as part of, and
> for the sole purpose of running, your Programs, 

Which, in the opinion of many - including afaik Sun - means that you can't
distribute it as part of a bundle that includes programs from multiple
sources. If "Ubuntu" wrote all the software it distributes, it _might_ be
legal to include it on the CD.  It is _not_ legal to distribute it as a
separate package (ie, through Apt) because it may be distributed "only
bundled as part..."
-- 
derek