> On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 05:53:13AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > > > I think the JRE is free to distribute, and that's what I see. > > Only if Java used in the product you're shipping the JRE with. I That's easily managed;-) Couldn't it be deployed as the Java runtime element for Moz, Netscape etc? > believe that there are still non-competitive clauses in the contract > that restrict you from redistributing their JRE if you implement > technology to execute Java bytecode (see gcj, kaffe). I've just read the licence agreement for the SDK and see no such clause. The document details components I may redistribute (and requiires I don't put them in "the same path name as the original files/modules." The only impediment I see is Red Hat's own attitude. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.
