Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:56:50 +1000 From: "Shevland, Joe" <Joe.Shevland@Central.tased.edu.au> To: "'nate@mt.sri.com'" <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "'java@FreeBSD.ORG'" <java@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'marketing@javasoft.com'" <marketing@javasoft.com> Subject: Re: jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz Message-ID: <973BBD3E1ADCD01196EB0060B0264115FFAF26@EOSNTS2>
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Patrick Gardella wrote: > > On 06-Aug-98 Nate Williams wrote: > >> Hum. I wonder if they have a commercial license, or if we can arrange with > >> Sun to distribute it freely on the CD. I'll follow that up. > > > > A commercial license costs close to a million $$. I talked with someone > > whose company actually bought one, and there's no way WC is going to do > > that just to distribute the JDK. > > > > As far as SUN allowing giving dispensation, I gave up on trying to have > > any meaningful relationship with them. They promised 6-9 months ago > > that we (the FreeBSD java porters) would get access to the JDK1.2 > > sources long before they went public. I kept on them for weeks until > > they finally quit answering email. Apparently the Linux folks have the > > same problem, and their advocate *works* for Javasoft. > > Well that certainly answers that. Oh well. > > Thanks, > > Patrick I know Javasoft have had an upheaval of some description recently; they might need to get their act together or have possibly lost some staff that previously were handling this issue. Having said that, I think its poor that they are destroying an obviously crucial business partner in the Linux/FreeBSD camps. I would have thought they'd love to get the JDK out to as many people as possible... obviously they don't need the support I thought they did. Joe. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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