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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:50:34 -0800
From:      Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Java licencing
Message-ID:  <20081223075034.GA10260@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
In-Reply-To: <giovri$d3$1@ger.gmane.org>
References:  <giovri$d3$1@ger.gmane.org>

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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:12:16PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote:
> If I understand Sun's JRE license correctly, if I have an application in
> Java I can't distribute the JRE binaries as a part of a VMWare image or
> a LiveCD without a "trademark license agreement" with Sun. Would it be
> possible with OpenJDK?

OpenJDK is under the GPL, so you can distribute it under those terms.

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