From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Dec 22 1:35:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsdfoundation.org (usw11.freebsd.org [63.224.12.164]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56BA937B417 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:36:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.freebsdfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E91297A101; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:36:27 -0600 (CST) To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Foundation Announces Java License for FreeBSD Message-Id: <20011221223627.E91297A101@mail.freebsdfoundation.org> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:36:27 -0600 (CST) From: bod@freebsdfoundation.org (The FreeBSD Foundation) Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that it has secured a license from Sun Microsystems to distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Thanks to the great efforts of the FreeBSD Java team, these should be available for inclusion with the upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January, 2002. The general availability of a distributable version of Java will benefit end users, commercial users, and developers who use FreeBSD. Java continues to grow in popularity and has become heavily used in server side web applications, one of FreeBSD's core areas of strength. With an officially licensed binary Java distribution, FreeBSD becomes an ideal platform for execution, development, and deployment of Java based solutions. This agreement would not have been possible without the efforts of Nate Williams. Nate not only started the FreeBSD Java porting effort, but also brought Sun Microsystems and the Foundation together to negotiate a license. The FreeBSD Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit Colorado corporation, is dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project. In addition to sponsoring the development and promotion of FreeBSD, as a recognized legal entity, the Foundation can enter into legal contracts and hold intellectual property in trust for the Project. The Foundation hopes that today's license agreement announcement is only the first of many occasions where the Foundation's legal status allows FreeBSD to grow in ways that would not otherwise be possible. The FreeBSD Foundation relies solely on contributions from individuals and businesses to fund its activities. In negotiating the JDK/JRE license, where both parties were in almost immediate agreement to the license terms, the Foundation still spent in excess of $3000 on legal fees. Highly qualified and experienced legal counsel is the expensive yet necessary cost of protecting the best interests of the FreeBSD Project. This particular activity was funded solely by contributions from the FreeBSD Foundation's board of directors. The Foundation will only be able to continue its work with further contributions from the general public. Donations to the Foundation are usually considered tax-deductible for those paying United States Federal income tax. Any donations postmarked by December 31st. are applicable for the 2001 tax year. Information on how to donate to the Foundation can be found at: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org The Board of Directors The FreeBSD Foundation NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, JDK, and JRE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, important events and project milestones. See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message