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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:35:44 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Uncle George <gatgul@voicenet.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, nate@FreeBSD.org, java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: java for FreeBSD/alpha
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> It is clear that that the "bin" licensing issue has not yet been
> resolved. Is there any ETA on when this will happen.

9 months ago?  Seriously, this is an ongoing process that just hasn't
been resolved, despite the efforts of the JDK team, Sun product
engineers, and (now former) employees of BSDi.  There is a long and dark
story I could give, but I'll avoid it. :)

> It seems that at present nothing is ever going to happen if this has
> not, or will not be resolved to every one's satisfaction. I would have
> though that after some 6 months from the last announcement ( 10/2000 )
> that there would be some progress towards an amicable solution.

Have you ever dealt with lawyers before? *grin*




Nate

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