[PlanetCCRMA] jMax

oliver thuns smoerk@gmx.de
Sun Apr 20 11:30:02 2003


there could be a java download RPM, which downloads java and installs 
it. i don't expect a full rewrite of the GUI this year. for me jMax is 
one of the most important linux audio software .

David Gerard Matthews wrote:
> I'd been wondering that myself, and the conclusion I came to was the  
> Java dependency is the problem.  RH does not include Java by default, 
> because of restrictions in the Sun license.  The Planet would have to 
> include Java rpm's and I'm not sure what the redistribution terms of the 
> Sun license are.  Ircam have a project underway to port the Java front 
> end to Python, however, so that jMax can be included in the AGNULA distro.
> 
> On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 01:08  PM, oliver thuns wrote:
> 
>> hello,
>>
>> why is there no jMax package for the Planet?