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From: "Kurt Werle" <kwerle@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: freebsddom and java's flaming hoops
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> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:34:55AM -0700, Kurt Werle wrote:
>> For that, I shouldn't need to jump hoops.  (NOTE
>> **SHOULD** not need to - this is the ideal)
>
> You're somewhat misguided here.
>
> Fact 1: Downloading a Java binary for Solaris/Linux/Windows from the Java
>         site requires you to agree to a click through license.

I just downloaded the windows installer without clicking anything but
"Download".
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Looks like I can do the same for Solaris and Linux.  Why isn't FreeBSD on
that list?
NOTE: I KNOW the FreeBSD folks don't control that site.  But if Linux is
there, FreeBSD should be, too.

> Let me repeat myself.  I know of at least one FreeBSD vendor who plans to
> do this for the FreeBSD 4.9 release.

If you're willing to repeat yourself, so am I :-)
Who?

> Again though, you are complaining to the wrong people.
> Noone here can force a FreeBSD vendor to put Java on their FreeBSD CD-ROMs.

There may be FreeBSD vendors listening to this list.  This IS the list to
talk about freebsd-java, after all.

Kurt