Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:50:32 -0700 From: Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Uncle George <gatgul@voicenet.com>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, nate@FreeBSD.org, java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: java for FreeBSD/alpha Message-ID: <3AE0A118.3D48F5F8@wireless-networks.com> References: <3AD882C5.EEEC722@voicenet.com> <3ADC3018.9D9F7E08@FreeBSD.org> <15068.24769.146325.318029@nomad.yogotech.com> <3ADC7EBD.A5D5FE7E@voicenet.com> <15068.25961.466201.569075@nomad.yogotech.com> <3ADC831A.720F92CC@voicenet.com> <15068.27106.728509.935881@nomad.yogotech.com> <3AE059B6.2F002CB5@voicenet.com> <15072.23328.902845.309887@nomad.yogotech.com> <3AE073CA.181ACED4@voicenet.com> <15072.36620.925152.750311@nomad.yogotech.com> <3AE09CCC.D0675C39@voicenet.com> <15072.40352.792415.841000@nomad.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > 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* Do you see any solution to this issue in the near future? Would it be good to start making some "noise" about that, sending a small story to JavaWorld and JavaLobby, for example? Cedric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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