Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 07:47:21 -0400 From: Dylan Carlson <absinthe@pobox.com> To: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org>, java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sun License for JDK 1.4 forces automatic updates ?!! Message-ID: <200209020747.21246.absinthe@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <200209021317.04041.znerd@FreeBSD.org> References: <200209021317.04041.znerd@FreeBSD.org>
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On Monday 02 September 2002 07:17am, Ernst de Haan wrote: > It seems the license for J2SE 1.4 SDK is quite intrusive. Sun allows > themselves to automatically install updates to the JDK! > I'm not sure this is actually as bad as it sounds (or potentially could be). This is probably legalease around feature they included for the sake of remaining competitive with other platforms that do the same thing (example: .NET). I can't see Sun knowingly releasing updates that violate the current API, but I could see them using it for security updates. Sun mainly targets Microsoft as a competitor, thereby probably trying to institute an auto-update system to compete with the one that ships with Windows XP (thus .NET). But I agree that pressure should be applied to get Sun to at least make these updates opt-in. I'm curious if this auto-updating mechanism is present in the source. Cheers, -- Dylan Carlson [absinthe@pobox.com] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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