I really hope that's directed at the other guy and not me. :) On May 24, 2013 2:41 PM, "Trae Barlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a-lot for witholding that informatoin. I'm a person struggling with > the same questions as you have, I even agree with some of your opinions on > this group. BUT, you're on the front page of goolgle for "linux - > commercial license to use java". So bravo, by not posting the answer to > your own question you've wasted about 30 minutes of my time reading your > thread and responses only to find out "i found the answer but i'm not > telling". > > On Monday, July 16, 2012 8:17:17 PM UTC-5, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> For what it's worth, I gave normal information in my first answer but you >> seemed to be looking for problems in specific bits of Oracle text so I >> thought you were unlikely to be happy without a lawyer's view. Most of us >> here made our decisions based on the original Sun licences and as long as >> the licences don't actually worsen we're probably not going to be familiar >> with the fine print. >> >> I think you've reacted pretty unfairly after many members of this group >> have put effort in communicating with you. >> >> I thank you for pointing me at OpenJFX, a project I'll start following. >> On Jul 16, 2012 9:59 PM, "Grant Robertson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is a generic answer to all those people who jump in on EVERY >>> question about open-source licensing and just say, "go see a lawyer": >>> >>> SERIOUSLY? I'm just a guy who is thinking about writing some software >>> in a popular programming language. But before I get started I need to go >>> find a lawyer who specializes in open-source licensing and pay some serious >>> bucks just so they can give me what will essentially be a guess as to what >>> would happen if any of this went to court. SERIOUSLY? REALLY? >>> >>> >>> There are a lot of people writing a lot of Java code. The people who >>> started this Google Group claim to actually know a lot about it. Someone >>> HAS to actually know the answers to my questions. My questions are more >>> about policy than about law: >>> >>> - Does Oracle require people to register as Licensees just to >>> distribute their own Java Code? The statement on Oracle's web site is >>> confusing because they appear to have used the word "compatible" when >>> they >>> meant to say "functionally identical"? >>> >>> Seriously, not a single soul in here knows the answer to that one? Or >>> they know, but I have to go have a lawyer tell me what Oracle's policy is? >>> Fortunately, other people elsewhere have given me a clean and unambiguous >>> answer. (Which I will NOT reveal here, because actual information is >>> apparently forbidden in this group.) >>> >>> My other question was about the accuracy of documentation: >>> >>> - Now that Oracle has rolled (or is planning to roll) "commercial >>> features" into non-commercial (supposedly free) distributions of Java, >>> will >>> it be easy for me to spot those features so I can avoid using them? >>> >>> Again, not a single response that even addresses the actual question. >>> Just calls to "go all open source all the way" and "go see a lawyer." Do >>> you guys go see a lawyer before you go to the bathroom? Why do you even >>> respond at all? Do you sit down and think, "How can I obfuscate information >>> and frustrate people as much as possible today?" >>> >>> If someone had just said, "I'm sorry, I don't know." that would have >>> been better than all the time-wasting, rabbit-hole digging, obfuscation. >>> >>> Needless to say, I will not be participating in this group again. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>> msg/javaposse/-/4zruzUP-7EwJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/4zruzUP-7EwJ> >>> . >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+...@** >>> googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
