Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-18 Thread Seth M. Landsman
> > For the record, kaffe is *NOT* as good as the blackdown JDK. I > > have used both, and, as it is, kaffe crashes before my research system > > loads, yet the blackdown jdk works flawlessly. > > So report the bug to the kaffe people, and then they'll fix it, and then > kaffe will work f

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-18 Thread Jules Bean
"Seth M. Landsman" wrote: > > > Basically, we're in BLATANT violation of the license currently. It states > > quite clearly that redistribution is prohibited. So, plain and simple, > > we're shit out of luck. As someone else pointed out, Kaffe is just as > > good, with better response. But either

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-18 Thread Stephen Zander
> "jim" == jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jim> If this is the case, It is & I'm awaiting Sun permission to distribure the jdk with a licence that allows redistribution in some form. -- Stephen (jdk maintainer) --- Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-18 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 07:48:28PM -0400, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > > > What is wrong with distributing an installation package like is > > done with netscape and realaudio? > > Hrm. You know, that didn't occur to me. As long as it contains NOTH

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-17 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
On Mon, 17 May 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > What is wrong with distributing an installation package like is > done with netscape and realaudio? Hrm. You know, that didn't occur to me. As long as it contains NOTHING of JDK, that's good. :) > For the record, kaffe is *NOT* as good

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-17 Thread Seth M. Landsman
> Basically, we're in BLATANT violation of the license currently. It states > quite clearly that redistribution is prohibited. So, plain and simple, > we're shit out of luck. As someone else pointed out, Kaffe is just as > good, with better response. But either way, we have to lose jdk or > convinc

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-17 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
On Mon, 17 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I am given to understand that someone has found a problem in the license of > jdk, to the point that same person finds that debian cannot distribute > the jdk at all. I was told that the problem found in the license has > existed for a long time.

Re: jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-17 Thread Jules Bean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > I am given to understand that someone has found a problem in the license of > jdk, to the point that same person finds that debian cannot distribute the jdk > at all. I was told that the problem found in the license has existed for a > long time. > > If this i

jdk not working in potato, working jdk removed from incoming, license problem

1999-05-17 Thread jim
Hi I am given to understand that someone has found a problem in the license of jdk, to the point that same person finds that debian cannot distribute the jdk at all. I was told that the problem found in the license has existed for a long time. If this is the case, WHY is a jdk that doesn't eve