FYI. Finally, Java on FreeBSD becomes official! Cheer and X'mas! - Punky
----- Original Message ----- From: "The FreeBSD Foundation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 6:36 AM Subject: FreeBSD Foundation Announces Java License for FreeBSD > The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that it has secured a > license from Sun Microsystems to distribute a native FreeBSD version of > both the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). > Thanks to the great efforts of the FreeBSD Java team, these should be > available for inclusion with the upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in > January, 2002. > > The general availability of a distributable version of Java will > benefit end users, commercial users, and developers who use FreeBSD. > Java continues to grow in popularity and has become heavily used in > server side web applications, one of FreeBSD's core areas of strength. > With an officially licensed binary Java distribution, FreeBSD becomes > an ideal platform for execution, development, and deployment of Java > based solutions. > > This agreement would not have been possible without the efforts of Nate > Williams. Nate not only started the FreeBSD Java porting effort, but > also brought Sun Microsystems and the Foundation together to negotiate a > license. > > The FreeBSD Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit Colorado corporation, is > dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project. In addition to sponsoring > the development and promotion of FreeBSD, as a recognized legal entity, > the Foundation can enter into legal contracts and hold intellectual > property in trust for the Project. The Foundation hopes that today's > license agreement announcement is only the first of many occasions where > the Foundation's legal status allows FreeBSD to grow in ways that would > not otherwise be possible. > > The FreeBSD Foundation relies solely on contributions from individuals > and businesses to fund its activities. In negotiating the JDK/JRE > license, where both parties were in almost immediate agreement to > the license terms, the Foundation still spent in excess of $3000 on > legal fees. Highly qualified and experienced legal counsel is the > expensive yet necessary cost of protecting the best interests of > the FreeBSD Project. This particular activity was funded solely > by contributions from the FreeBSD Foundation's board of directors. > The Foundation will only be able to continue its work with further > contributions from the general public. Donations to the Foundation > are usually considered tax-deductible for those paying United States > Federal income tax. Any donations postmarked by December 31st. > are applicable for the 2001 tax year. Information on how to donate > to the Foundation can be found at: > > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org > > The Board of Directors > The FreeBSD Foundation > > NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, JDK, and JRE are trademarks or > registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United > States and other countries. > > This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. > The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, > important events and project milestones. > See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
