Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:34:57 +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: <20050106123456.GC2280@thingy.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <OFE1D90FF8.C7DBECEA-ON88256F80.00690208-88256F80.0069AA58@infoworld.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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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?), *then* the Linux version of Java (large download) because that's needed to run Sun conformance tests (you can only use Java to test Java), *then* the FreeBSD version. Assuming nothing breaks anywhere in the process. It's ridiculous hair-tearing stuff and led me to formulate: "Proprietary software isn't just evil, it's STUPID." (The Linux-compat bit wasn't such a strain for me personally, as my FreeBSD boxes are workstations and I run things like Firefox Linux nightly builds routinely. But for a server doing little other than Java, it's a large amount of cruft to no functional purpose.) - d.
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