Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:22:14 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Java (Was Re: NGPT 1.0.0 port to freebsd) Message-ID: <20010629102214.A10651@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <15164.39221.111336.661501@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:05:25AM -0600 References: <20010629010159.A8557@sharmas.dhs.org> <15164.39221.111336.661501@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:05:25AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > With the current license, this won't be installed as part of the base > kernel. (GPL and/or LGPL) I understand it'll continue to be a port. Am I hearing that it is unacceptable even as a temporary solution because of the license ? > It's been answered time and time again over the past months, so you must > not be paying attention. The binary distribution hasn't been created > because we don't have a legal license to do so (yet). Yes, I've been reading that for a long time now, but it (what Sun is doing) doesn't make any sense to me. Are Sun's reasons (a) Technical ? Passing of JCK etc ? (b) Political ? Yet another competitor to Solaris ? >From your posting it appears that it's technical (not passing JCK), as well as political (not getting the license to run JCK). What is their answer reg: blackdown.org doing the same ? May be getting Zdnet to publish an article on this is the right way to go ? The bug parades and votes didn't seem to help much. > In summary, a Java binary distribution of JDK1.2.2 will come out *very > soon* after a usable license with Sun has been signed. Hopefully, we'll > have a JDK1.3 binary distribution soon after, as Greg Lewis has made > alot of progress on it and has it limping along right now. That's good to hear. Eagerly awaiting the news. -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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