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Re: J2SE 1.5 JDK License



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João Pinheiro wrote:
[...]
> I have read the license agreement for the JDK 1.5
> and I noticed the following excerpt:
> 
> A. Software Internal Use and Development License Grant. 
> Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and 
> restrictions and exceptions set forth in the Software 
> "README" file, including, but not limited to the Java 
> Technology Restrictions of these Supplemental Terms, Sun 
> grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited 
> license without fees to reproduce internally and use 
> internally the Software complete and unmodified for the 
> purpose of designing, developing, and testing your 
> Programs.
> 
> If I understand this correctly, it should possible
> for me to bundle the JDK along with the distro for
> as long as it's only distributed inside my university.
> Am I correct?

As I understand it, your students should keep the CD's inside the
University ;-)

Maybe you should ask at Sun, I'd like to know their point of view. I
think they try to open things, and it's particularly true with education.

Thanks to let us know,

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