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From: Marko Mikulicic <marko@××××.org>
To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@×××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Java SDK Installs -- Sun will be very angry
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:37:13
Message-Id: 3D78D9A3.8020609@seul.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Java SDK Installs -- Sun will be very angry by "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
1 Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
2 > Sun will not be happy that Gentoo installs the Sun JDK (or the Blackdown
3 > JDK) without displaying the license to the user and forcing them to manually
4 > accept it. There is risk of bringing down the wrath of Sun onto Gentoo. I
5 > think the ebuilds should be updated to NOT circumvent these license
6 > displays.
7 >
8 > Tom Veldhouse
9 >
10 > _______________________________________________
11 > gentoo-dev mailing list
12 > gentoo-dev@g.o
13 > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
14
15 The user must manually download the package. Before downloading
16 you must accept the license conditions.
17 Once you have downloaded the file portage is doing exactly the same
18 steps a human would do while manually installing.
19
20 Marko

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