On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 09:55:31PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Robert Varga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes a stupid license: > > > "You may only use the Program Code if you are a current licensee of RedHat > > 6.0 Linux or Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 operating system. > > Is there even such a thing as "a licensee of RedHat 6.0"?
WordNet 1.6 defines licensee as follows: licensee n : someone to who a license is granted In the case of a work released under a public license, the entire public is granted a license, so everyone is a licensee. I'm not quite sure how this applies to what they refer to as "RedHat 6.0 Linux," however. Since "RedHat 6.0 Linux" doesn't exist, I immagine we'll have a hard time finding out. > > > I would like to know whether there is a legally acceptable way to install > > IBM JDK or IBM JRE on a Debian GNU/Linux system, > > Apparently not - except getting an explicit permission from IBM. > Let's assume for a moment that "Redhat 6.0 Linux" does in fact exist, and is available under a public license. Anyone who wants to install the IBM JDK or IBM JRE and is also a member of the public will be a licensee of "Redhat 6.0 Linux," since "Redhat 6.0 Linux" is licensed to the public as a whole. Therefore, anyone can use the JRK or JRE and satisy the JDK and JRE license requirements at the same time. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]