Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:36:13 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: java@FreeBSD.org Subject: JDK2 binary update Message-ID: <15039.53869.503026.885294@nomad.yogotech.com>
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I just got off the phone with Sun, and the legal wrangling continues. Basically, Sun wants to puts all sorts of limitations on the distribution, as well as make me (personally) responsible for all sorts of bad things that could occur. There are lots of personal liabilities and issues with how the binary distribution is made (ie; restrictions) that I'm unwilling to buy into, so we're going rounds again to try and get things settled. On the positive side, I think we're all in agreement as to the intent of the license. They understand what we're trying to do, and I understand their concern about the big 900 lb. gorilla in the Pacific Northest (or companies that might act like it). However, when you stick lawyers in the mix, they want to make sure things are sufficiently broad and vague as to make sure they have all rights to take away my rights, as well as making me liable for anything that may go wrong. Frankly, the Sun lawyer made it very clear that they're not really interested in going much further (legal-wise) to tighten up the broad restrictions, and I'm unwilling to sign my life away with the current license, so I don't hold up much hope of seeing anything. And, before anyone jumps up and mentions that other OS groups (ie; Blackdown) are allowed to do the same things we're asking for, the lawyers start waving their hands around and claiming that things are different here, and that others shouldn't be allowed to do that kind of thing, yada, yada, yada. In short, things are still happening, but I quit holding my breath about 4 months ago. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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