Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:19:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kurt Werle" <kwerle@pobox.com> To: "Greg Lewis" <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsddom and java's flaming hoops Message-ID: <50832.64.170.199.99.1066850382.squirrel@mail.shiftmanager.net>
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> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:34:55AM -0700, Kurt Werle wrote: >> For that, I shouldn't need to jump hoops. (NOTE >> **SHOULD** not need to - this is the ideal) > > You're somewhat misguided here. > > Fact 1: Downloading a Java binary for Solaris/Linux/Windows from the Java > site requires you to agree to a click through license. I just downloaded the windows installer without clicking anything but "Download". http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Looks like I can do the same for Solaris and Linux. Why isn't FreeBSD on that list? NOTE: I KNOW the FreeBSD folks don't control that site. But if Linux is there, FreeBSD should be, too. > Let me repeat myself. I know of at least one FreeBSD vendor who plans to > do this for the FreeBSD 4.9 release. If you're willing to repeat yourself, so am I :-) Who? > Again though, you are complaining to the wrong people. > Noone here can force a FreeBSD vendor to put Java on their FreeBSD CD-ROMs. There may be FreeBSD vendors listening to this list. This IS the list to talk about freebsd-java, after all. Kurt
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