Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

[David Gerard]

Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm at toybox.placo.com) [050107 17:37]:
> David Gerard
> > Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm at toybox.placo.com) [050106 06:29]:

> > >   It's of course quite legal for end users to download the JDK directly
> > > from Sun and compile it on FreeBSD themselves and then use it.

> > The main problem with this approach is that it requires a 
> > ridiculous amount
> > of jumping through hoops - first you have to install the Linux
> > compatibility interface and libraries (20 megabyte download and a 
> > reboot?),

> Are you sure your not talking about the BINARY distributions?  I
> was referring the the source here:
> http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/j2se/java2/download.html
> Only the Java Cryptography Extension is unavailable as source.  More info
> is of course available on the FreeBSD Java mailing list.


I'm talking about installing from ports, which goes and compiles all three
things (Linux compatibility, Linux Java, FreeBSD Java), I thought.


- d.