Toad seems to be talking about the JDK license - which is not the same
as the JRE license.  I still (having read both Toad's email and the
license) don't see what the problem is.

If there is real doubt I can email someone at Sun to find out - let's 
not rely on amature lawyering.

Ian.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:54:36PM +0200, Menno Jonkers wrote:
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> Ian Clarke wrote:
> | The JRE license permits redistribution - exactly what are we
> | violating (section and paragraph please)?
> 
> The JRE should be distributed complete and unmodified, i.e. you can't
> just pick the parts you like (as in the current situation). See attached
> message from Toad and full license at
> 
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/j2re-1_4_1_03-license.html
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Menno
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Windows installer
> From: Toad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Dave Hooper wrote:
> > > Ok, I am getting "download of jre-win32-latest.exe failed" errors, if I
> > > wasn't at the end of a slow modem I might try to fix it myself, but
> > > since I am can someone look into it?
> > 
> > Oh, shit.  Looks like the symbolic link is pointing to nowhere for some
> > reason.
> > Could someone with access to sftp go in to shell.sourceforge.net and cd to
> > /home/groups/f/fr/freenet/htdocs/snapshots and ln jre-win32-latest.exe to
> > point to j2re-1_4_1_03-windows-i586-i.exe
> > 
> > thanks
> 
> Sun's license says:
> 
> License to Distribute Software. Subject to the terms and conditions of
> this Agreement, including, but not limited to the Java Technology
> Restrictions of these Supplemental Terms, Sun grants you a
> non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license without fees to
> reproduce and distribute the Software, provided that (i) you distribute
> the Software complete and unmodified (unless otherwise specified in the
> applicable README file) and only bundled as part of, and for the sole
> purpose of running, your Programs, (ii) the Programs add significant and
> primary functionality to the Software, (iii) you do not distribute
> additional software intended to replace any component(s) of the Software
> (unless otherwise specified in the applicable README file), (iv) you do
> not remove or alter any proprietary legends or notices contained in the
> Software, (v) you only distribute the Software subject to a license
> agreement that protects Sun's interests consistent with the terms
> contained in this Agreement, and (vi) you agree to defend and indemnify
> Sun and its licensors from and against any damages, costs, liabilities,
> settlement amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
> in connection with any claim, lawsuit or action by any third party that
> arises or results from the use or distribution of any and all Programs
> and/or Software.
> 
> (II), (III), (IV), and (VI) we are fine on.
> (V) is not meaningful unless we do a single file bundle
> (I) is the big problem. If you go to
> http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/ and download the file, you can
> install the JDK from there without going through Sun's servers and
> without installing Freenet. That URL is commonly bounced around the
> mailing list and will probably be on google by now. "only bundled as
> part of" would seem to mean that we are required to produce a single EXE
> containing the wininstaller and the sun JDK. Ian, could you ask your
> lawyer friends about this? Or somebody could ask Sun...
> 
> -- 
> Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
> ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.




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Ian Clarke                                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Founder, Locutus                                        http://locut.us/
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