Ron wrote: > Drew Parsons wrote: > > > > I am correct in understanding that this means bytecode (*.class) generated > > using > > gcj -C is not permitted by this licence to be run using the Sun JVM? > > Probably so. > > Given the imperfect compatibility between gcj & Sun Java 1.5, can > you say whether the reason your Java app fails is because there's a > bug your app, there's a bug in gcj or in the Sun JRE? Sun > reasonably doesn't want people blaming Sun Java for flaws in other > compilers.
I can appreciate in this scenario that Sun does not want to accept liability or blame. "Not a supported configuration", that's fine. But to forbid a user from even attempting it if they want to is just plain....ridiculous. Hubris! > > > IANAL, but ISTM that it is up to the *user*, not Debian to enforce > clause 2(c). > > After all, when I install it on my box, *I* am agreeing to the > license, not SPI, the DPL or the Debian Java Team. Perhaps. That's a subtle matter my tired brain can't address right now :) Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
