Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:47:17 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Johnson <freebsd@spatula.net> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <20050105123526.A6652@turing.morons.org> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEPBEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEPBEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ugh. It looks like a case of something being blown completely out of proportion. http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20041221-newsletter.shtml says "The latest blow to our efforts was the recent notification of Sun's desire to revoke and renegotiate the FreeBSD Foundation's SCSL [Sun Community Source Licensing] license. From what we can determine, Sun is re-negotiating all SCSL licenses to standardize their Java revenue model...For now, it is safe to assume that the Foundation will engage in another lengthy, and potentially costly, licensing negotiation before our binary distributions can continue." So this bonehead posts this: http://blogs.cocoondev.org/dims/archives/002628.html And of course all the blogheads pick up the headline "SUN revokes FreeBSD's SCSL License" as though it were the whole and complete gospel truth. What said bonehead fails to mention is that this affects only binary distributions, that Sun wants to renegotiate the license, and that most people who are using Java on FreeBSD now are probably not using a binary distribution anyway, since they're likely building Java 1.4, not using the Java 1.3 binary. In any case, the Java port continues, life goes on, the license will eventually be renegotiated, and this bonehead will still be a bonehead. Nick On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Hi All, > > One of you guys might want to fill him in a bit. > Paul_Krill@infoworld.com > > Ted > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Paul Krill > > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:53 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; glewis@freebsd.org > > Subject: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > > > > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 or > > email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- "The aptly-named morons.org is an obscenity-laced screed..." -- Robert P. Lockwood, Catholic League director of research Nick Johnson, version 2.1 http://web.morons.org/
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