Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:02:10 +1100 From: David Gerard <fun@thingy.apana.org.au> To: Paul Krill <Paul_Krill@infoworld.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <20050107110210.GR2280@thingy.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEPGEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20050106123456.GC2280@thingy.apana.org.au> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEPGEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm@toybox.placo.com) [050107 17:37]: > David Gerard > > 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. I'm talking about installing from ports, which goes and compiles all three things (Linux compatibility, Linux Java, FreeBSD Java), I thought. - d.
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