On Thu, 3 May 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: > Lance Davis wrote: > >>>> Would it be possible to have Sun's JDK in a CentOS repository using >>>> Sun DLJ license? This license allows the binary JDK redistribution by >>>> linux distributions (as far as I know Ubuntu includes the JDK under >>>> this license). >>> >>> we had a look at this a long time back, when the DLJ was announced >>> initially - and we didnt think it was open enough for us to ship Java, >>> also there are some legal issues that seem grey and the only response we >>> could get from Sun was along the lines of 'go speak to your lawyers'. >>> >>> We dont really have any layers, so we wont be speaking to them :) >> >> The main issue is that Sun insist that we accept liability for 3rd party >> use - whilst Mark Shuttleworth has deep enough pockets - we dont .... >> >> We are trying to work with Sun to remove this requirement though. > > I don't see how, regardless of what the Sun agreement says, you could be > held any more or less responsible for redistributing java than any other > software component you redistribute. That is, someone would have to > successfully sue over damages from a software flaw first and if people could > do that, Microsoft would have been out of business many years ago. And it is > bound to be less buggy than the version you do distribute... Yes - but indemnification of Sun for their legal fees is more than the developers want to commit to ..... Regards Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.