From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 21:11:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B9141065674 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:11:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AE1D8FC1B for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:11:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7DLB8Sb068518; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:11:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:11:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:11:07 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20100813211107.GA53926@thought.org> References: <4C6587F8.7040102@antonioshome.net> <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Antonio Vieiro , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:11:15 -0000 On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 08:57:08PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of Java > > is in FreeBSD. > > [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html > > IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-) > > > I'm currently using OpenJDK16 from ports. Is OpenJDK free from Oracle > > hands or not? > > Depends what you mean by free. It's under the GPLv2, so I think you should be > good wrt copyrights. > > Patents might be different matter, though! To the best of my knowledge, the EU > law doesn't allow patenting software. But if you really want to know where you > stand you should consult a lawyer who knows Spanish and EU patent law. > > People in the US could very well be screwed, however. OTOH, Oracle's lawsuit > against Google over Android could potentially lead to the patents asserted in > that case being found invalid. y're right on your last paragraph. i think/hope that oracle's fist fight leads to their quicker bankruptcy... to which they've been headed for quite some time. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org