From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 07:41:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1646F16A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:41:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from matrix.gatewaynet.com (matrix.gatewaynet.com [217.19.69.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B54443D2D for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:41:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from matrix.gatewaynet.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by matrix.gatewaynet.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j078G5T5016874 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:16:05 +0200 Received: from localhost (achill@localhost)j078G5BR016870 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:16:05 +0200 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:16:05 +0200 (EET) From: Achilleus Mantzios To: java@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: FW: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 07:41:21 -0000 First off, Good Year to anyone. I'd like to share my thoughts on the FreeBSD binary java distribution and the FreeBSD Foundation issue. I pretty much acklowledge the efforts of the FBSDF, as well as that the diablo jdk13 is the only one achievement of the FBSDF, at least as it presented in their site. Also ,the funding of Alexey's work was essential in the viability of the jdk14 port. However, as another person said, freebsd users only use the port and not the binary. And taking into account the many areas of need in the rest of the system in its current status (5-STABLE, CURRENT), i think it would make sense to save the money that was supposed to go to SUN, for funding development of other areas in the system. Most users are quite happy with jdk14 i suppose. -- -Achilleus