On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:11 +0000, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote: > On 18 November 2010 12:44, Jonathan Tripathy <jon...@abpni.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Does the OpenJDK project have any "Field of Use" restrictions? Are > > "kiosk"/"set top box" style installation allowed? > > http://openjdk.java.net/legal/
So, the answers are No and Yes. OpenJDK is distributed under various free software licenses, specifically the GPL, which means there is no such thing as a "Field of Use" restriction. You are free to use it for whatever you feel like (if you obey the obligations of passing along such grants and the source code as the GPL says). And yes, it is used already in such setups. Jalimo for example has been providing OpenJDK for a couple of years already for such things as the BeagleBoard, BUG, OpenMoko, Maemo, the Irex Iliad, etc... It takes some work, but is is certainly possible: http://rschuster.blogs.evolvis.org/2008/12/21/serving-cross-compiled-openjdk-with-icedtea/ Cheers, Mark
