From owner-freebsd-java Mon Sep 2 4:37: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3AC37B400 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 04:37:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABAB43E75 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 04:37:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g82BbHYU031766; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:37:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g82BbGsY031765; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:37:16 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan To: Subject: Re: Sun License for JDK 1.4 forces automatic updates ?!! Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:37:16 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA95B@l04.research.kpn.com> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA95B@l04.research.kpn.com> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200209021337.16691.znerd@FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Interesting. Could someone please post this on Slashdot? While they are > updating it, could they please fix the problem's we're seeing in the > Linuxulator and 1.4? I read this on /. in the first place: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/2135205 > > This sounds a scary to me. Looks like Sun is thinking: If > > Microsoft can get away with it, so can we. > > I guess we knew it all along, but it was never this obvious: Sun == > Microsoft, only for UNIX. :-) > > > I believe we should consider banning the Sun JDK 1.4 for Linux. > > Uhm... on what grounds, precisely? If someone wants to install this kit > they need to accept the license themselves. It is your own responsibility > to read and understand the licenses you accept. You are free not to > install the 1.4 release. Somehow we should react. Perhaps an extra pre-fetch warning or so... > We could debate the need for an additional warning about this in the > post-install message. On second thought: if the user accepted the license > without reading it, would he or she read the post-install message? I > really doubt it. pre-fetch is better, so they haven't accepted the license yet. Ernst -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message