(J)Hat tool exclusion

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

I found that all distributions (fedora, opensuse, ubuntu) carry a patch
to remove the (j)hat tool from the sources. They apparently do this
because the files under openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/hat/
contain both the standard GPLv2.0 and SPLv1.0 legal language in their
boilerplate. Since the terms of the GNU General Public License and the
Sun Public License have conflicting terms this would seem to make them
not redistributable.

So, should we do the same in icedtea for now?

Mark, Dalibor, do you know the history behind these files? I am pretty
sure Sun didn't intend this to be read as conflicting terms for
redistribution, so nobody should distribute them at all. Maybe they
should be read as you can either distribute these files under the GPL or
alternatively under the SPL? Is there someone we can/should contact to
clarify this?

Thanks,

Mark