On Tue, 05 Oct 2004, Johan Walles wrote:
> I've filed RFP 273693 about the JRockit virtual machine for Java.
> JRockit is definitely non-free, but what I'd like to know is whether
> the re-distribution agreement is good enough for it to go into non-free
> if someone wants to package it.
>
> I've attached the re-distribution license terms to
> "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=273693";. They are in
> MS Word format, but open nicely in OpenOffice.
First off, if you wish us to discuss a license, please include the
whole text. I'm going to forgo doing this, because the license is
rediculously huge, and I think it's trivially not good enough for
non-free.
> So what do you say? Are the terms good enough for non-free?
Doesn't look it to me.
THIS JROCKIT BINARY RE-DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement")
is entered into and effective as of the ___ day of ______, 200__
("Effective Date") by and between BEA Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with its principal place of business at 2315 North
First Street, San Jose, California 95131 ("BEA") and
____________________________, a ____________ corporation with its
principal place of business at ___________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________ ("Distributor").
Mmmm... I smell a contract.
"Value Added Solution(s)" means the Distributor product(s) or
service(s) which Distributor must bundle with the Software prior
to distribution under this Agreement.
2.2 Restriction. Each Value Added Solution must significantly
enhance the features and/or functionality of the Software.
I'm not sure that Debian qualifies as a "Value Added Solution" as we
don't bundle non-free with Debian.
|BEA Systems, Inc. ("BEA") |("Distributor") |
|a Delaware corporation |a| |corporation|
|Address for Notices: |Address for Notices: |
|2315 North First Street | |
|San Jose, California 95131 | |
|Attenti|Office of the General |Attent| |
|on: |Counsel |ion: | |
|Phone: |408-570-8000 |Phone:| |
|Fax: |408-570-8901 |Fax: | |
|URL: |http://www.bea.com |URL: | |
Uh, they want us to sign something to be able to distribute this? I
doubt our mirror operators and ftpmater will agree.
The user agreement itself is pretty bad as well, but since it doesn't
include permision to redistribute at all, it's pointless to discuss.
Don Armstrong
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