On 23 February 2011 17:57, Mark Wielaard <m...@klomp.org> wrote: > On Wed, February 23, 2011 18:19, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: >> We've reached Milestone 12, also known as the "Developer Preview" release. >> >> We'll strongly encourage developers, deployers, and end users to download >> and test this build and submit bug reports promptly, ideally by the end >> of March. >> >> For reference, the proprietary Oracle builds can be found here: >> http://jdk7.java.net/preview/. > > I also commented on your blog, but maybe this list is more appropriate. > Since you posted it on an openjdk project list, but what you link to > isn't open at all :{ > > I wanted to try this out, But it has a draconian restrictive license > attach to it which makes sharing experiences, or simply trying to inspect > the binary to see if it matches to OpenJDK code, illegal. If you decline > to accept that license, you cannot download. Is there any reason to use > such an anti-social license that prevents usage by the larger community > that helped you build this upon the GPLed OpenJDK code base? > > I have written about some of the more evil sections in this license here: > http://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2009/11/14/trusting-companies-with-your-code/ > > Please fix. I really don't want to cause Sun (is that a bug btw, aren't > you called Oracle now) irreparable damage as the license implies I would > cause... >
In fairness, Mark did point out that these are proprietary builds in what was a clear aside from the main topic (i.e. OpenJDK is reaching the testing stage for 'normal' users now). There wasn't any attempt to mislead anyone into thinking it was anything else. >> Pointers to other builds are welcome! > > Will try to build something based on IcedTea7 then soon, if that is > what it takes to get a true free software version. If we build it and > you have the bandwidth, can it be put on dl.openjdk.java.net (with > corresponding source code of course as the GPL says should be there). > That would be good. Now there's just the 'simple' matter of getting IcedTea7 up to date... > Thanks, > > Mark > > -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: F5862A37 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EA30 D855 D50F 90CD F54D 0698 0713 C3ED F586 2A37
