From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:03:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA11869 for java-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 21:03:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA11813 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 21:02:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA14878; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:02:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA12481; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:02:48 -0700 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:02:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199801090502.WAA12481@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Omar Eljumaily Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Java licensing issues In-Reply-To: <199801090157.RAA00264@unx1.omnicode.com> References: <199801090157.RAA00264@unx1.omnicode.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > My question is about the Sun's license of > the binaries and its restrictions on distribution. > Suppose you're an integrator and you want to sell > a FreeBSD box with Java 1.1.5 loaded on it. Is > that breaking the license? As *I* understand the license, yes. If you want to distribute the JDK with your product you cannot bundle it with your product unless you pay Sun the mega-$$ for that right. *HOWEVER*, you are allowed to bundle the JRE with your product (which is the JDK w/out the compiler), and if we get things going we should have a JRE available as well as a JDK. Nate