From owner-freebsd-java Thu Jun 8 11:25:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.123.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27FBB37BC18 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:25:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (yogotech.nokia.com [4.22.66.156]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA16541; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:25:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25602; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:25:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:25:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006081825.LAA25602@nomad.yogotech.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "John Daniels" Cc: nate@yogotech.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: In-Reply-To: <20000608174751.60997.qmail@hotmail.com> References: <20000608174751.60997.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >What details can I state that would help out? So far, there is a > >lot of 'concern' and 'interest' in making a *BSD port happen from > >Sun, and BSDi has stepped up to be the 'point of contact' for this > >to happen... > > This sounds like potentially the same licensing/business model that was used > with Inprise for the Linux port. If I recall correctly, at that time Sun > also spoke of a need for a legal entity. Exactly. > Thankfully, BSDi's press release is only 1/2 the story: it is > augmented by discussions for an "official" port, and that is certainly > good news :) *grin* > Apparently there is not yet any contractual arrangement between Sun and > BSDi, :( which explains some of the vagueness of the BSDi press release. That may be. As I understand things, the arrangement might be in place, or it may still be in the works. However, it should be more clear next week, or so the story goes. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message