java jvm/jdk

[Kapil Thangavelu]

On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 21:51 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:39:58PM -0600, Kapil Thangavelu wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 17:25 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > 
> > > Not so far, but we'll most likely look into distribution of the Sun and
> > > IBM JVMs.
> > 
> > fwiw. i believe that the ibm jvm is redistributable, gentoo for example
> > redistributes it.
> 
> I would be surprised if they did, given the license terms.  This page seems
> to indicate otherwise:
> 
> [http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml]
> > Both the Sun JDK/JRE and the IBM JDK/JRE are generally faster, but getting
> > them is a bit more work, as you are required to read and accept their
> > license before downloading (IBM additionally requires you to register).
> >
> > Our ebuilds for the Sun and IBM JDK/JREs will notify you of where to go to
> > download them.
> 
> So it sounds like they provide a wrapper of some sort, but the user must
> obtain the software for themselves.
> 

i responded to this earlier today, but it appears my message got
caught up in some mailman admin queue because of the size of the attached
license file. for those interested, i've put the license online at 
http://kapil.objectrealms.net/IBM-J1.4

that gentoo page is out of date. it used to be the case, but as of ibm-jdk
1.4 gentoo does distribute the jdk via its mirrors. i've attached the
license for the jdk (also distributed w/ gentoo). whether this is the
basis of distribution or if they've come to an agreement with ibm, i
don't know.

cheers,

-kapil