Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:49:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun Keynote at JavaCon2000 Message-ID: <200010051649.KAA11455@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200010051609.e95G91507364@netrinsics.com> References: <200010051609.e95G91507364@netrinsics.com>
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> >> >FYI, George Paolini (VP Sun) gave a keynote at JavaCon2000, and notable > >> >on the slides was an official port of JDK1.3 to FreeBSD/BSDi. > > >As I understand, 'official' doesn't mean 'Sun product', but means 'Sun > >blessed'. In other words, it passes the JCK, meaning it's an 'official' > >Java licensed product just like JBuilder, VCafe, and other Java > >products. > > So, basically, the aforementioned slide really means that they've signed > paperwork that allows Nate Williams (or anyone else licensed to use the JCK), > to create "an official port of JDK1.3 to FreeBSD". Sort of. The license isn't *yet* signed, because Sun's lawyers are having a difficult time finding acceptable verbage that allows us to do everything we want to do. However, I've been promised I'll have something in hand before ApacheCon. Dealing with big companies and lawyers has been an 'enlightening' experience, that's for sure. :) :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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