From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 21:07:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4893B1065670 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heiner_ej@yahoo.de) Received: from nm38-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm38-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.239.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C25258FC0C for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.215.142] by nm38.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2011 20:53:44 -0000 Received: from [98.139.211.202] by tm13.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2011 20:53:44 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp211.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2011 20:53:44 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.de; s=s1024; t=1324241624; bh=9G2nyqxZCckV8TqhHYP6ila99atp+sUKxPrtUdOQTk4=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=f5TLHLevFh0KE2ILZ7I9Z/0o/i5piJ7QvEhH3zubGAAwMLY+C16T672m4o4xMQm/cDsfgSQ1RveJ239Tuw9basOfayb0VU9mPPXoTb9ac//z5b2Ba5ARlyq8tDReSvuL+Nvy8O1dF1pRBg5q+4AmO8yAokwlWY/r4+FXbe+wtLc= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 383979.52851.bm@smtp211.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: ZubvJ3cVM1mmNipiLH4UwSX14hwn7auxLQAvigceSgM786I yXZ_mdRgk0EcJTFJk1yAcNXwZlU9hyN8EWCP1PktdbivW0qPDoY6DjXpsmwZ 7yQ4RoBCa7m7B87Y.EMk.HireKSb4kcNnuNTlUssG_z.kLSnSlYyOUrttlnB aTa0Nu3HJ.w5gxDbOu_9AclkTXzlNKZcY3wV6Hrupr9bjczgemQAVv1byYen 3W9XYUpwwA7jukV_UuFNr0jechbI1jW7TPx9R3ZXx2ytrb9TPz1ZXo6f5CxR XgTMtEkSIqI8l3cJKcbMHHTucNQ8rHarNn21jq3Ruh0dVQB4d6DI5KYcEoxc ugHUaK4odLXIo9lLaG1gYQIPF5UGrPj402PVE8uHv03IO8goSQo9Ba0hTbhR FBZs3hHOOLjfHTqQ8_P9vUgDfz_3yKxt9IXpuODqVO6OZ8EOrD8_D3brYKVM mWKNE.CCyuAusr5ZkRvmd60JmJa63pvhScqziMEYXo9Dtyl81MkvUc284Tel EMfoZ7zaDy7kTUuz6f1ZC1Ps_Sx7FcotdisjfH05mgYnDVEVoCFtI4uE1Kg- - X-Yahoo-SMTP: 1E6x48qswBCS_99WpQQ3CarqUCtAng-- Received: from i72.ip (heiner_ej@84.166.252.9 with plain) by smtp211.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2011 12:53:44 -0800 PST Message-ID: <4EEE52D1.6060802@yahoo.de> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:53:37 +0100 From: Heiner Strauss User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111111 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: <2D19A95C-0DE5-4955-8A52-9D104B500339@ultra-secure.de> <4EEE46EA.1020302@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EEE46EA.1020302@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Oracle terminate DLJ - does this have consequences for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:07:06 -0000 Am 12/18/11 21:02, schrieb Matthew Seaman: > On 18/12/2011 19:13, Rainer Duffner wrote: >> seems this already happened in August. >> >> Found on slashdot now, original article here: >> >> http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html >> >> http://jdk-distros.java.net/ >> >> >> Does that have any consequences for diablo-jdk? >> >> Ubuntu is, as usual, going berserk and apparently considers deleting it from the installed base.... > Yeah. It means FreeBSD gets to provide the standard Java distribution > -- which is now OpenJDK -- free to use, and without itself having to > stump up thousands of dollars via the FreeBSD Foundation simply for a > place at the table. > > This is Java coming into line with the other big languages of the > Internet age (perl, python, php, etc.), casting off the restrictive > licensing it had hobbled itself with initially and so enabling itself to > succeed in a way commensurate with its technical quality[*]. > > diablo-jdk was an unfortunate necessity for a while. It no longer is, > and that's really good news. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] GPLv2 rather than a BSD-style license, but still a big step forwards. > And how do you bootstrap it ?