> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java Technology Edition and > Debian > > > > Robert, you may use the Developer Kit or the Runtime Environment with > Debian if you are satisfied with the way the code operates in that > environment. The restrictions in the license agreement were in error > and are in the process of being updated in the next two weeks to allow use > with any Linux O/S. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > Java Marketing; Software Group Solutions & Strategy > > Phone: (512) 838-0228 T/L 678 Fax: 838-0169 > Building 903 Zip 9372 Austin, Texas 78758 > > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------- Forwarded by Jeff N Roberts/Austin/IBM on > 02/28/2000 > 09:45 AM --------------------------- > > Brian Watt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/25/2000 10:27:58 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeff N Roberts/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java Technology Edition and Debian > > > > Robert, > > I would suggest that you e-mail Jeff N. Roberts, Sr. Marketing Manager, > in Austin, TX and ask him. His e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WRT your questions on Debian, we have tested on RedHat, and Caldera, > and, as such, those are the only distributions that we can be sure that > it operates on, however, we are aware of many other distributions where > people are using it successfully. > > In your note you mention the Developer Kit (AKA JDK) which does have > restrictions on redistribution, but if you review the Runtime > Environment (AKA JRE) you will find that it can be redistributed if the > proper conditions are followed. Please review the LICENSE files and > README files. > > Brian Watt > Java Development > IBM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Is it legal to use IBM JDK 1.1.8 on Debian Linux? - someone > please answer! > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:48:47 +0100 > From: "Robert Varga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: IBM Software Group > Newsgroups: ibm.software.java.linux > > The licence of IBM JDK looks very restrictive. Is IBM's opinion on the > subject of using IBM JDK different Linux distributions that it allows it > to be used only on RH6.0 and Caldera 2.2? > > Does IBM really intend to forbid its usage on eg. Debian? Our company > needs to deploy a site using Apache JServ and GNUjsp. We would like to > deploy it with IBM JDK and in all cases we want to deploy it on Debian > Linux, but the license seems very restrictive about it. > > If the licence is really forbidding to use it on Debian, is there a way > for our company as an IBM Business Partner to approach IBM to allow > using IBM JDK on Debian Linux in specific cases and conditions? > > Regards, > > Robert Varga > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
