Anybody working on Sun's JavaHelp .jar (GPLed)

[Tom Marble]

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Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> On 1/14/07, Steffen Moeller <steffen_moeller at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> my haploview ITP needs JavaHelp which is distributed as a GPL jar from
>> Sun at
>> https://javahelp.dev.java.net/.
>>
>> Has anybody of yours worked on that already?
> 
> No ITP? Go and file one ;-)

If there isn't one, I'm about to file it!
I'm quite keen on this and just about cleared all the stuff
off my desk...

>> Another issue is the JIMI Java Imaging Library  from
>> http://java.sun.com/products/jimi/. Is there any .deb bringing it?
> 
> JIMI is Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Binary Code License, so it's non-free.
> It's super great that Sun goes freesoftware, but all their libs are
> not! :'(
> 
> I don't know how we can ask or who?...
> 
> .. Maybe Tom Marble ;-)

Yes... please bring this kind of stuff to my attention.
My goal is to liberate all this stuff (including the 3D stuff)...
But, I sometimes get distracted by my "day job" in performance
(so just keep bugging me!).

> PS: See you at the FOSDEM Tom ;-)

Can't wait!

- --Tom
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