suns' java leagal issues

[Conrad Meyer]

On Monday 17 November 2008 05:24:26 pm Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
> --- On Mon, 11/17/08, Conrad Meyer  wrote:
> > Just a guess -- I'd guess there's a either a
> > "no redistribution"
> > or "non-commercial only" redistribution clause,
> > either of which is a no go.
>
> "non-commercial only" is a restriction on the "freedom" of the software. I
> don't think this causes a problem with putting it into the "non-free" repo.
> We already have "non-commercial only" software in the "non-free" repo.
>
> Well, we have to read Sun's user agreement to see if it is OK to
> redistribute it. If it allows redistribution I vote for distributing the
> RPM in rpmfusion.
>
> Btw, I recently checked adobe's flash agreement. That one definitely
> forbids redistribution.
>
> -oget

At least they provide a yum repo nowadays. And 64-bit support is on the way 
too.

-- 
Conrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org>