Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:37:52 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "David Gerard" <fun@thingy.apana.org.au>, "Paul Krill" <Paul_Krill@infoworld.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEPGEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050106123456.GC2280@thingy.apana.org.au>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Gerard > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:35 AM > To: Paul Krill; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm@toybox.placo.com) [050106 06:29]: > > > It's of course quite legal for end users to download the JDK directly > > from Sun and compile it on FreeBSD themselves and then use it. > > > The main problem with this approach is that it requires a > ridiculous amount > of jumping through hoops - first you have to install the Linux > compatibility interface and libraries (20 megabyte download and a > reboot?), Are you sure your not talking about the BINARY distributions? I was referring the the source here: http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/j2se/java2/download.html Only the Java Cryptography Extension is unavailable as source. More info is of course available on the FreeBSD Java mailing list. Ted
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