> -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:38 AM > To: derby-user@db.apache.org > Subject: 10.2 licensing issue... > > I read Rick's note on the 10.2 licensing issue in an archive because of > strange move to the user list, so sorry for the weird quoting : > > He said : > > "I must report today that the restrictions imposed by the beta JDK > license have not been lifted. > > As you know, the JDK 6 beta license requires a disclaimer that bars the > use of the code for any productive use.... > > snip > > ...For this reason, we, the Derby community must change our > plan to ship imminently an official release of Derby that includes JDBC4." >
> Let me start with a question : > > Why? Is this all about having a set of API jars to compile against, or > is it something more? > > > geir Something more. The trouble is that JDK 6 isn't ready for primetime and from the discussion, 10.2 is supposed to go GA prior to JDK 6 going GA. Whenever you're going GA and relying on a component that isn't GA, you're going to run in to trouble. Don't take my word for it, just ask Murphy... ;-) (He's the guy sitting at the end of the bar ...) I don't think that there is a problem of running beta releases off of JDK6 so the issue is how to handle this. It's a no brainer.
