"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 way, we have to lose jdk or > > convince Sun to grant us special permission to redistribute. > > What is wrong with distributing an installation package like is > done with netscape and realaudio? > > 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 for your research project. IMO, of course, kaffe is far better than JDK. Because it's GPL'ed. You don't have to agree :-) Jules -- /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
