Re: Field of use

2010-11-19 Thread Dr Andrew John Hughes
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? Thanks http://openjdk.java.net/legal/ -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc.

Re: Field of use

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Wielaard
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:11 +, 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?

RE: Field of use

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Wielaard
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:39 +, Jonathan Tripathy wrote: I still don't see any Field of Use restrictions though. That is because there aren't any such restrictions. Then again, I don't see any patent license grants at all.. They are all licensed through the GPL for everyone's free use.

RE: Field of use

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Wielaard
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:57 +, Jonathan Tripathy wrote: Excellent, so I am free to use OpenJDK in kiosk and set-top-box style systems, without risking patent violation? If you need legal advise please see your legal counsel. This is just the mailinglist to discuss build environments. All we