[jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-5109) Remove distribution of nbjavac from apache controlled infrastructure

["Matthias Bläsing (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Matthias Bläsing created NETBEANS-5109:
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             Summary: Remove distribution of nbjavac from apache controlled infrastructure
                 Key: NETBEANS-5109
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5109
             Project: NetBeans
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: java - Compiler
    Affects Versions: Next
            Reporter: Matthias Bläsing


The ASF has a pretty clear opinion about the handling of the GPLv2-CPE. There might be an option to distribute it, but not out of the box. After the transition of NetBeans from oracle to the ASF there was a timeframe were use of the Oregon State University was ok, as the transition was happening. I think we stretched that limit to the max and thus I consider this a blocker for the next release. The nbjavac needs to be moved of ASF controlled infrastructure.

There are various options:
- Oracle could publish nbjavac to maven central
- Oracle could provide a custom updatecenter distributing the nbjavac
- Oracle could relicense javac
- Apache NetBeans could switch to the eclipse java development tools

Not all of these options are realistic, but publishing to maven central is perfectly doable.

I'll mark this as a blocker for next release, so it is not ignored.



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