OpenJDK Bug Tracking Project

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 16 March 2011 16:11, Phil Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:
> On 3/16/2011 8:57 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>
>> You seem to have omitted the licensing of the bug system.  It should
>> be Free Software, in line with the rest of OpenJDK.
>
> This is over-ridden by a need to meet the real requirements. The licensing
> is not
> a real requirement. Its a preference. If some non-free software fits the
> needs better
> then so be it. And If Oracle is willing to foot the bill that's fine by me.
>
> -phil.
>

Nobody said anything about cost.  I'm talking about Free as in Freedom.

For me, this is the overridding factor.  If we're just going to
replace one proprietary bug database with another, we may as well just
stick with the one we already have.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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