On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 12:38:44AM -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> > The Java licence lets you distribute it under certain conditions
> > (http://www.java.com/en/download/license.jsp) and
> Which _no_ distro meets AFAICT. No offense, I'm tired of going over and
And which most distros _can't_ meet, since that includes restrictions like
- you must distribute it for the sole purpose of running _your_ programs
(that is, distributing it to allow other programs to be run violates
the license). And these program must "add significant and primary
functionality to the Software [Java]". That is, clearly the license
forbids distributing the JRE for its own sake, and they've even added
language to make clear that just slapping in a few applications that
require Java isn't good enough.
- you can't include gcc in your distro, since that includes gcj, which
could be consiered "additional software intended to replace any
component(s) of [Sun's Java]"
Plus,
- you have to accept the responsibility to defend and indemnify Sun
against any claim anyone has
which is an impossible burden for any non-gigantic company.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
