-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Rick Hillegas wrote: > > > > Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > > > >> 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? > >> > >> > > Hi Geir, > > > > In a nutshell, yes. We can use the compiler from JDK 5 without any > > licensing restrictions--for our purposes it's just as good as the JDK 6 > > compiler. However, a restrictive beta license covers the apis in the JDK > > 6 jars. > > This reminds me of the old gag : > > "Doctor, my arm hurts when I lift it" > "Don't lift it then..." > > Don't use the JDK 6 jars. All you need to do is *compile*, so lets make > our own JARs that get things to compile. > > Is there any runtime dependency on Java SE 6?
JDBC 4
