Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 22:30:40 -0700 From: Mayo <mayo@nfy.ca> To: java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sun License for JDK 1.4 forces automatic updates ?!! Message-ID: <3D798F00.9030900@nfy.ca> References: <200209021317.04041.znerd@FreeBSD.org> <00ef01c255d7$261587b0$16d05982@LOONBENEDEN>
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> > >>I believe we should consider banning the Sun JDK 1.4 for Linux. >> > >With all due respect I think we should stay well and far away from >prescribing policy the way you are suggesting. It is exclusively up to the >user to decide whether using products covered by the Sun license is >acceptable or not. > >-J > Not that I have any say in this :) but I agree. First, the user has to agree to the license when he installs the JDK, so if they don't agree, all they have to do is just press N. Second, I think it's realted to WebStart, just like it was mentioned before. Third, it does not really bother me, because thinking logically, the SDK would have to run some kind of daemon/service to check for updates (and it would ahve to run as root in order to update it's files, which you can easily prevent), which you can easily see if it is or not. If it did check for updates each time it ran, it would be quite unefficient, and again is easily tracked down and if you don't really want it to do that, you can just firewall the IPs it tries to access, but than again, if you don't want it to do that, don't agree to the license. I don't see any problem with that. mayo > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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