Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:33:56 +0200 From: K.J.Koster@kpn.com To: znerd@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sun License for JDK 1.4 forces automatic updates ?!! Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA95B@l04.research.kpn.com>
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Dear All, > > It seems the license for J2SE 1.4 SDK is quite intrusive. Sun allows > themselves to automatically install updates to the JDK! > > See: > http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~nrs27/java_eula.html > 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? > > 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. 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. I think that posts on -java, slashdot and daily daemonnews will raise awareness. Other than that, this is an issue between Java and it's users. Nothing for FreeBSD to mix with. I agree with you that they are crossing into my personal space here and I will read the license agreements from Sun next time. This is one to think about. Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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