Dash – Beautiful instant offline docs for almost everything

Re:Dash – Beautiful instant offline docs for almost everything by efuquen on Saturday June 07, 2014 @08:37AM (#7861952)

One thing that I wish devdocs had was Java integration, but it's been repeatedly stated (just one example here: https://github.com/Thibaut/devdocs/issues/26) that they can't include the JDK because of it's restrictive licensee.

But, it seems like Dash includes the JDK, so how exactly are they able to do it but not DevDocs? My knowledge on the legal front is limited but if Dash is able to redistributed these docs I don't see why DevDocs couldn't do it.

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Re:Dash – Beautiful instant offline docs for almost everything by Thibaut on Saturday June 07, 2014 @09:27AM (#7862023)

Oracle mention this on their website:

  This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means.

DevDocs is just a hobby of mine and I don't want to waste my time on a documentation that I may have to remove. If Oracle is willing to grant DevDocs a license (I haven't asked them) I'd gladly add the JDK docs to it.

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