On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Ian Clarke wrote:
> Jim Dixon wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Java is distributed under license. That license requires that the end
> > user acknowledge Sun's copyright. Silent installation is a copyright
> > violation, it breaks the license.
>
> If true, why would they document that functionality on their website?
Do they?
> The solution is simple, add Sun's copyright notice to the GPL such that
> the user agrees to both when they install Freenet.
Sun's licenses are long, complicated, and often quite precise. The one
that comes with J2SE begins with:
READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY PROVIDED
SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS (COLLECTIVELY "AGREEMENT")
CAREFULLY BEFORE OPENING THE SOFTWARE MEDIA PACKAGE. BY
OPENING THE SOFTWARE MEDIA PACKAGE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS
OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE ACCESSING THE SOFTWARE
ELECTRONICALLY, INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS BY
SELECTING THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THESE TERMS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE
UNUSED SOFTWARE TO YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A REFUND OR,
IF THE SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED ELECTRONICALLY, SELECT THE
"DECLINE" BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT.
If you intend to redistribute the software, you need to comply with
the license. In other discussions I have been assured that you must
get the end user to click on their button, as in fact it says in
line 7 above.
I just downloaded j2sdk-1_4_2_02-linux-i586.bin. When you run this, it
displays the license notice and then asks:
Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
If you don't say yes, it won't install.
If that isn't enough, the license includes:
B. License to Distribute Software. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including, but not limited to the Java Technology
Restrictions of these Supplemental Terms, Sun grants you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license without fees to
reproduce and distribute the Software, provided that (i) you distribute
the Software complete and unmodified (unless otherwise specified in the
applicable README file) and only bundled as part of, and for the sole
<etc>
This goes on and on and is repeated elsewhere. What they are saying is
that you can only redistribute the bin file as-is. If you do so, the user
does the installation and agrees to their license while doing so.
In other words, they really want the user to agree to their license, and
they don't want you getting between them and the user.
--
Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +44 117 982 0786 mobile +44 797 373 7881
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