java jvm/jdk

[Kapil Thangavelu]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 12:06 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 01:33:12PM -0600, Kapil Thangavelu wrote:
> 
> > 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 license seems to explicitly prohibit giving a copy of the program to
> someone else.  You may only make backup copies, or transfer the license
> entirely to someone else.

right.

<snip license excerpts>

> 
> 
> > that gentoo page is out of date.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.
> 
> If you can find references to any discussion on the matter, and how they
> arrived at the conclusion that they could redistribute this software, I
> would be interested.
> 

i emailed the gentoo developer in charge of the package, and it
basically appears as though it was done via negotiation with ibm. i'll
send some additional information offlist.

cheers,

-kapil