Re: ibm jdk licence
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 11:16:04PM +0100, Robert Varga wrote:
> The problem is the second part of the quotation:
>
> "... The Program Code may only be used in conjunction with such products."
"In conjunction with" meaning?
The real problem with this is that it's so hypothetical.
However, let's imagine that I'm somehow a licensee of Red Hat 6.0 Linux.
And that I've installed this IBM jdk product on the system.
Now, let's imagine that I install some upgrade software on that system.
What happens?
If the upgrade software makes the system a Red Hat 6.1 Linux system,
am I no longer allowed to use JDK?
If the upgrade software makes the system a Debian 2.2 Linux system,
am I no longer allowed to use JDK?
Personally: I do not plan to use IBM's JDK, and I'm not going to
recommend it to anyone. [By the way, I do teach Java classes and I do
make recommendations to students.]
--
Raul
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