>> 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.

Shtop!  Thish argument ish not ready yet!
Apart from the bundling aspect, Debian didn't want to provide the JRE for
the other (previously quoted) reason - that they agree to indemnify Sun
against any losses, etc, due to the use of their Java JRE.  Or something. 
I am *NOT* a lawyer and I didn't even read the quote properly anyway.

But whatever the wording was, this they were not prepared to do.

It's also arguable whether we are or not.  I'll wait until people reach
some kind of a conclusion before doing anything (and yes, I've already
left a message with Sun, many hours ago, and they'll get back to me)

d
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