Jim Perrin wrote: > 1. Sun did not open all of java under the GPL. There are still several > chunks of java which remain license encumbered and will require > community workarounds or further moves by Sun to open code. Currently > these include the color management code, font rasteriser code, > graphics rasteriser code, and several more. The complete classes seem to be missing at the moment anyway, SUN seems to go for a "full" release somewhen in the first half of 2007. > 2. Sun is not opening up the Java trademark, so any GPL'd distribution > of java will not be called 'java', but something else. I've heard that > iceweasel is taken, so I don't know what the next best option is. [root@shutdown ~]# yum -e0 -d2 provides sumatra [...] No Matches found > The fine folks at jpackage are working the details further. This > basically means that for the time being, there will not be a gpl'd jdk > in centos4, and packages will have to be distributed under the DLJ > license (which I am not a fan of) or obtained from java.sun.com and > used in conjunction with the jpackage sun-java-compat packages for > best performance. For further reading I suggest the comprehensive "General FAQ" at <https://openjdk.dev.java.net/>. Cheers, Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra@xxxxxxxxxxxx | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...80300 München | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Programmbereich.Bayern 3, Jugend und | .which cannot be justified on any other Multimedia.........Tl:089.5900.16023 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC
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