Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:59:16 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: Phil Helms <phelms1@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org, Ian G <iang@iang.org> Subject: Re: Starting with freebsd Message-ID: <20050822145916.GB26047@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <4309E6A0.9040403@mindspring.com> References: <f13c775c05082117237b9dfb22@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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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" -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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