Simple instructions for getting Java to work on 5.10?

[Old Rocker]

On Saturday 14 Jan 2006 20:35, Daniel Robitaille wrote:

> I think they cannot distribute the Sun Java directly due to its
> license.  In any case, the wiki also has instructions on how to
> install Java (and a bunch of other restricted formats):
>        https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
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The Sun JRE 1.5 is certainly covered by a different licence to the GPL 
applications, but several distros allow you to download it directly 
(after usually accepting the terms of a licence). Microsoft's core 
fonts (in the msttcorefonts package) are in the breezy repository and 
the licence terms are that you should have first purchased the 
Microsoft EULA to use them.  So the lack of the JRE is the repositories 
is not related per se to a licensing restriction.

Several TrueType fonts other than those in msttcorefonts are open source 
and directly equivalent to them, so there IS an alternative.  
Unfortunately, several GPL'd applications use the JRE directly and 
expect it to be installed.  Frostwire and XNap are but two, but the 
same is true of JAP (the Java Anonymising Proxy).  So I don't 
understand why the JRE is not in the repositories, even marked up as 
non-free and the user is required to restrictive licensing terms.

Incidentally, I couldn't connect to the wiki page you gave.  Do you know 
if it is still active?
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Old Rocker