Alex Nicolaou wrote:
> Moses DeJong wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jamie Marconi wrote:
> > > http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/java2
> >
> > What is so cool about it? Sun still restricts what you can do with the
> > code. You still need to pay them if you want to use your own changes.
> > You still can not give your code to anyone else without passing the
> > JCK. Oh, and of course they will not give you the JCK without paying
> > them. In addition, looking at the Sun will break "clean room", so
> > you will not be able to work on japhar. Why would anyone agree to
> > these license terms? This is a token gesture only, they have not
> > "opened" anything.
>
> While I basically agree with you that the license is restrictive, what
> you're saying is not strictly true. For research purposes, non-compliant
> code (i.e. code that doesn't pass the JCK) can be freely distributed.
>
It was my understanding that this is not the case :
<P>Internal Deployment of Compliant Covered Code is considered a
Commercial Use and is subject to payment of "per unit" royalties to Sun
based on the
intended Field of Use, in the same manner as Commercial Use.
Implementations
of the Java<SUP>tm</SUP> 2 SDK must include Added Value.
That not even the same as freely distributed.
Mike
> alex
