From owner-freebsd-java Fri Apr 14 2:41:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D491C37BE63 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 02:41:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #35196) with ESMTP id <01JO83O9EISU0016R5@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-java@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:41:08 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:41:07 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:41:06 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: Question: Java legal issues in layman's terms? To: 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313AD1@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Java people, This is something that's been bugging me for a while, and I was hoping that someone could shed some light on this issue. There seem to be a lot of legal restraints that keep us from simply building and releasing a JDK port. I can see that Sun is trying to hold on to Java as much as possible, but I don't quite understand what the implications are for us. Could someone please shed some light for me? *) Are we allowed to release a binary installation kit for FreeBSD? *) What are the issues with Motif? How do they affect our porting effort? *) Are we allowed to call it "Java" without Sun's approval? *) What other legal considerations have I not even thought of? Kees Jan ============================================== You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message