DISCLAIMER: Off-topic, useless to CentOS, killfile me, etc...
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 09:06 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Actually, that's not the problem. For at least the JRE (not sure about the JDK) on Windows and Solaris, Sun allows free redistribution. On Linux, Sun does not ... But yes, it would be nice to see Java, at least the JRE, released under at least a MPL-like license, removing this non-sense. It's the only area where IBM has been "more community friendly" than Sun.**
With that said, has anyone looked at building a RPM for the IBM JRE for, say, CentOS Plus and/or Extras? I know it's not quite as compatible, but I believe it is redistributable. Unlike the Blackdown JRE, it's a "clean room" design, so unless IBM inserts its own limitations, I believe it's redistributable.
Otherwise, there _is_ the JPackage project, which has a package set for RHEL 2.1, 3 and 4. They use URPMI as the front-end, so consider SmartPM. I really need to document this for FC and RHEL/CentOS, although I've gotta get more "play time" with it all (especially stressing SmartPM) before I do.