On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 06:54:47PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Sat, 02 May 2009 09:26:51 PDT > andrew <andrum06 at googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Good! It is just a shame that Sun insists you register then download > > and install a security certificate and key before they will let you > > download it. The SVR4 packaged version is available without any of > > that carry-on directly from adobe. > > It may be wise to read up on company policies and jurisdiction before > saying waht you write here. Yes, the SVR4 package is available, but > ever wondered wherefrom? And thus, where lies the responsabilities? > SUN can/may not freely redistribute it, so they do it the way they do > it now and that's a legal way ;-)
Yup. We have to put a barrier in the way because we don't have the rights to let others redistribute it, and signing up for the certificate gives us a way to make you promise that you won't do that. If we were to make you get the package with a web browser, where we could also funnel you through a form that required you to make that promise, then the experience could possibly be a bit different. But we figured that most folks would want an integrated experience, with a single way to get all packages. And those that don't want to do that can still download the bits directly from Adobe. Danek
