Re: [Savannah-register-public] Comment: [task #10340] Submission of Basic Utilities I Like To Use

[Alex Fernandez]

Hi Sylvain,

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This project (In it current state) can't be hosted here becuase we
>> don't allow propietary dependies.  A software than requires the user
>> to install propietary software in order to run don't gives true
>> freedom but only a false feeling of freedom to their users.
>
> Note that this is an optional dependency.
>
> While the dependency itself cannot be hosted on Savannah, its use is
> acceptable, as long as there's an equivalent or better free
> alternative - which, in this case of JDBC database access, means
> MySQL, PostreSQL, HSQL, Derby, etc.

> I suggest clarifying this with the submitter :)

I was writing Pasko some further remarks based on my earlier review
(such as making sure builtu works with OpenJDK), so I took the liberty
of addressing this point too.

Alex.