On 12-Jul-98 Sabat wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Bernd Kreimeier wrote:
>
>> Nelson Minar writes:
>
>> > The big news is it has native threads. You can't download the
>> > binaries
>> > yet, but they said they'll make them available soon under a
>> > non-commercial use license.
>>
>> I exchanged e-mail with Vania Joloboff @ OpenGroup. The release
>> is delayed for a month, priorities. They do not even have the
>> time to change the web pages right now, which announce the
>> release for July. Sigh. I also asked about releasing sources
>> diffs, as Steve Byrne does, have yet to get an answer.
>
>
> What I don't really get is how they can put limitations on the release
> --
> for non-commercial use only. Since they don't own the source code or the
> product, how could they have a let to stand on? (A port is a derivative
> work, and is technically owned by the original copyright holder, Sun.)
>
Not sure about that, I do know that those of us working on the JDK port
team all had to sign a non-commercial license agreement. I would assume
they may have done the same thing if they did not get the source as a
commercial for resale organization. Which brings up an interesting
point... They may not be able to release it due to shipment of commercial
Linux product with the JDK/JRE/RT attached to it. Are the members of the
port team liable if the JDK we produce gets shipped with a commercial
product???
Some food for thought....
Cheers,
Bruce...
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E-Mail: Bruce J. Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12-Jul-98
Time: 18:52:10
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