Where can I obtain a copy of the ported JRE or instructions on how to convert the ported JDK down to JRE? -Jeremy Steve Byrne wrote: > > Ed Huott writes: > > The license states that binaries derived from the licensed (Sun's) > > source code cannot be distributed for a fee or with any product for > > which a fee is charged. It also states that the Licensed Software cannot > > be used "for commercial or productive" use without getting a commercial > > license from Sun. > > > > On the other hand, permission is given to distribute derived binaries > > freely as long as it is done so "subject to a license agreement > > containing terms and conditions at least as protective of Sun as those > > included in the binary code license used by Sun for internet distribuion > > of the Java binaries." The license also expressly gives the right to > > "create ports." > > > > Taken together, does this mean the following are disallowed without > > first getting a commercial license from Sun: > > First, I'm not a lawyer. I can only say that I know of Sun's intentions at the > time I was involved in drafting this wording: > > > 1) Distributing a Java product with a JRE produced by the Java-Linux > > porting project? > > Sun's intention (as I believe it to be) is that you can ship JRE for free no > matter what. It's the runtime environment, and they want it to be as > ubiquitous as possible. > > > 2) Running a commercial web server with servlets running on a JVM from > > the Java-Linux JDK or JRE? > > JRE -- definitely no problem. If the Web server contained JDK as it was > shipped, then it must have a commercial license from Sun. If you added it > after the fact, and you're not redistributing it, I think it's ok, but that's > just my understanding. > > > 3) Commercial Java product development using the Java-Linux JDK? > > You can develop commercial products with the JDK -- you just can't SHIP the JDK > for free if you're charging money for your product. The sense is that if you > are going to make money off of what you do by including the JDK, you owe Sun > some portion of that for the use of the JDK. > > > I'm assuming the above restrictions do not actually exist based on the > > way the Java-Linux JDK seems to be being distributed and used. The > > license that comes with the Java-Linux (binary) JDK distribution seems > > to be the same one that Sun distributes with its JDKs. I'm just hoping > > that someone on this list can definitively state that this assumption is > > correct. > > We're distributing it for free, so no royalties are needed. The license *IS* > the one that Sun ships with JDKS -- we don't change that stuff when we do > ports. > > Steve -- Jeremy F. Audino Software Engineer Codonics Inc. 17991 Englewood Drive Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130 USA (440) 243-1198 ext. 265 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
