Karanbir Singh wrote: > John Summerfield wrote: Karanbir I find you very difficult to deal with, and I don't want that. Can we try to keep things calm? >>>> What arrangement does Canonical have for Ubuntu? >>> >>> You'll need to go ask Canonical for that wont you ? >>> >> I would have thought you might be interested in a similar arrangement; > > Similar to what ? You havent actually pointed out any arrangement > details that might be on offer. There is an arrangement in place, but I don't know the details. Probably a simple enquiry would find what's available now. It may well be more relaxed than what was on offer last year. IBM has been pressing Sun to open-source Java for years, I wouldn't expect any problem from IBM. > >> If real Java can be shipped with an acceptable though imperfect >> licence then I'd think the problem's solved. And as Java licensing is >> moving recently, I suggest it's worth your time asking. > > As I have pointed out a couple of times already on this thread, my aim > of asking here was if anyone wanted to pursue this. I am not looking for > opinions or ideas to chase up. If you are indeed interested in helping, > then help, standing on the side lines and passing commentary is not > something I am ( or most people on this list ) interested in. I have no standing with the CentOS project, and I don't wish to become a developer. I know myself well enough to understand that it's not something I do well, even though a resume of my experience might suggest otherwise. None of that goes to say I cannot offer useful advice. > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)