I have followed this discussion with interest. It seems to me that if you put the JRE on your server, in a non-listable directory (perhaps even password protected) and avoid publishing the path and file name anywhere else than in the windows installer configuration file, then Sun's rules will be followed almost to the letter, and certainly in spirit: no-one will be able to download the JRE unless they have already downloaded the installer.
Exactly. What coders who undertake some amateur lawyering often fail to realize is that unlike computer code, the law is rarely precise and if you are trying to find a way that it can mean one thing or another, then this is generally possible. In practice, a common-sense interpretation, which takes into account the "spirit" of what is being said, is the way lawyers (after you have paid them lots of money) will generally advise.
It is clear that we meet the "spirit" of this clause, and unless you are determined to quibble, we have, for all reasonable purposes, met the letter of the clause too.
Ian.
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