Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Gerard
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:35 AM
> To: Paul Krill; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java
> 
> 
> Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm at toybox.placo.com) [050106 06:29]:
> 
> >   It's of course quite legal for end users to download the JDK directly
> > from Sun and compile it on FreeBSD themselves and then use it.
> 
> 
> The main problem with this approach is that it requires a 
> ridiculous amount
> of jumping through hoops - first you have to install the Linux
> compatibility interface and libraries (20 megabyte download and a 
> reboot?),

Are you sure your not talking about the BINARY distributions?  I
was referring the the source here:

http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/j2se/java2/download.html

Only the Java Cryptography Extension is unavailable as source.  More info
is of course available on the FreeBSD Java mailing list.

Ted