[jira] [Commented] (NETBEANS-3) javahelp

["Jaroslav Tulach (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jaroslav Tulach commented on NETBEANS-3:
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I've asked for clarification of the right license for JavaEE's copy of JavaHelp: https://github.com/javaee/javahelp/issues/45

> javahelp
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>                 Key: NETBEANS-3
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-3
>             Project: NetBeans
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Emilian Bold
>            Assignee: Jan Lahoda
>              Labels: cleanup
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> javahelp seems to be under GNU GPL 2 with CPE and we do use it: http://hg.netbeans.org/releases/file/5fd841261bf9/javahelp/external/jhall-2.0_05-license.txt
> We should either find a drop-in replacement for javahelp or move the help online and open a system browser for each help button click.
> This will break the stable help API used by plugins and Platform apps so we must provide some migration path for those too.
> An idea would be to allow Platform apps to include javahelp themselves instead of relying on it being present in the Platform.



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