On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:26:12AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 06:15:06PM +0100, Toad wrote: > > The Debian project is not able to distribute a package of the Sun JVM, > > for legal reasons. I think it's fair to say that they have access to > > competent legal counsel. > > This is because Debian clearly would not be distributing it with the > intention of using it with only one piece of software - they would be > competing directly with Sun's download site. Intention is clearly > important here, and our intent is clear - which is that the JRE be used > with Freenet (clearly it can be used with other software, but I can't > imagine that Sun would want to prevent this even if they could). It is > rediculous to expect that our obscure snapshots/ folder could compete > with Sun's download site. > > I am curious about whether Debian actually asked Sun about this, as > opposed to just consulting their own lawyers - they might have been > surprised by a favorable response.
They would have needed it in writing, and corporations don't give out legal guarantees for free. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ > Founder, Locutus http://locut.us/ > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/ -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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