Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:44:32 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java licencing Message-ID: <gjef9u$flg$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20081223075034.GA10260@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <giovri$d3$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081223075034.GA10260@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Greg Lewis wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:12:16PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: >> If I understand Sun's JRE license correctly, if I have an application in >> Java I can't distribute the JRE binaries as a part of a VMWare image or >> a LiveCD without a "trademark license agreement" with Sun. Would it be >> possible with OpenJDK? > > OpenJDK is under the GPL, so you can distribute it under those terms. Do you know if the OpenJDK Java interpreter and its libraries count into the viral aspect of the GPL? (I guess yes since it's the same process/address space). [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklawHAACgkQldnAQVacBcgZkgCdF1fPYIc97VV7wQBBUYe5y9Hu r+QAmQFT/MMMUELBYWk7MPd6gw/hKYRF =3kgh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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