From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 15:24:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org 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 B585B16A422 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:24:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch) Received: from mail.dti.supsi.ch (mail.dti.supsi.ch [193.5.153.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF07C43D58 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:24:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch) Received: from [193.5.152.27] (pcm2027.dti.supsi.ch [193.5.152.27]) by mail.dti.supsi.ch (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7MFOKIJ025157; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:24:20 +0200 Message-ID: <4309ED9C.7060802@supsi.ch> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:22:04 +0200 From: Roberto Nunnari User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joris Verschoor References: <20050822054110.GC6627@osiris.chen.org.nz> <430989AB.7090200@nefli.nl> <4309D516.6060004@mindspring.com> <4309DFF3.4060702@iang.org> <4309E0A1.3090806@mindspring.com> <4309E4E2.7010600@iang.org> <4309E6A0.9040403@mindspring.com> <20050822145916.GB26047@wjv.com> <4309EB1F.2050109@nefli.nl> In-Reply-To: <4309EB1F.2050109@nefli.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting with freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:24:26 -0000 Joris Verschoor wrote: > iirc the freebsd foundation arranged some sort of agreement with sun > some time ago. Or was this only for an older version? I believe it was for 1.3.x > What is the state of this? And can we expect a package in the future? > btw, how much does certification cost, and does it have to be payed > every update release? > > > > Bill Vermillion wrote: > >> After replacing Phil Helms with a small shell script on >> Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 08:52 , the following appeared on stdout: >> >> >>> I assume there's some sort of license that allows Linux distros to >>> include Java in compiled form. If that's so, then what's preventing >>> FreeBSD from having the same thing? The difficulty of performing the >>> test suite? >>> >> >> >> The cost involved. Without a certified port approved by Sun, >> all other have to compile it themselves and can not redistribute >> the compiled version. >> >> >> >> >> >>> Ian G wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Java *is* ported to FreeBSD, and is these days quite >>>> snappy about it. Problem is, there is no permission >>>> to distribute a port in Package form. You can quite >>>> happily make yourself a Package, though. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Phil Helms >>> phelms1@mindspring.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Roberto Nunnari -software engineer- mailto:roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Dipartimento Tecnologie Innovative http://www.dti.supsi.ch SUPSI-DTI Via Cantonale tel: +41-91-6108561 6928 Manno """ fax: +41-91-6108570 Switzerland (o o) =======================oOO==(_)==OOo========================