> I do not profess to have any legal savvy, but Gentoo has encountered
> problems
> that I thought telling of Sun's views on the subject. Originally, Gentoo
> included a package containing the Java SDK, and apparently someone (don't
> know the facts) had legal concerns about this practice. Now, Gentoo makes
> package stubs for the various java SDKs available from Sun which then
> provide
> a link for the user to download/place in a predefined directory. Then the
> Gentoo package handles the configuration of the SDK within the OS, while
> the
> user still has to accept Suns license. Problem is, this is not possible
> with
> a Live CD, since it needs to have everything included in the compressed
> distro CD. Maybe you could contact the Gentoo Java package maintainer for
> the history on this.
Hmm, maybe I'll do that. Or maybe I'd have fewer difficulties with a
blackdown jdk, although I don't prefer them.
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