Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage

[Stuart Ballard]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> I think you are right. It is not a good idea to provide links to software
> of which we cannot (currently) guarantee that it is Free Software.
> Could you provide a patch (source is in CVS module classpath under
> docs/www.gnu.org).

Sure, I'll try to do this in the next couple of days.

Incidentally, the link for the jgss package is also misleading, as the 
RFC doesn't appear to contain any implementation of the package in 
question (I scanned all the way to the end, the only source code was 
examples of usage) and even if it did, the license on the RFC is not 
free (it does not allow modification of the RFC itself, although certain 
kinds of derived works are permitted).

(Note that I'm not suggesting that that would prohibit linking to the 
RFC in general, as the RFC is not software - just that if software 
source code *were* included in the RFC, that software would not be free).

Should my patch remove that link as well?

Stuart.

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