[21440] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.1.24: mozilla jvm lossage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Fri Feb 7 19:26:15 2003
Message-Id: <200302080026.TAA14623@dit.mit.edu>
To: wdc@MIT.EDU, jhawk@MIT.EDU, rbasch@MIT.EDU
in-reply-to: "[21433] in Athena Bugs"
cc: alexp@MIT.EDU, tbelton@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 19:26:13 -0500
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
jhawk (I think) wrote:
>> I assume there's a good reason why the java locker is so acl'd and
>> that it cannot easily change
tbelton replied:
> Dunno. alexp is the man to ask about that. I just link to it.
wdc wrote:
>If running system:authuser is no longer required, we should remove that
>limitation.
From the license (full text readable at the top level of the current
java_v1.4.1_01 locker, /mit/java_v1.4.1_01/LICENSE):
>1. LICENSE TO USE. Sun grants you a non-exclusive and
>non-transferable license for the internal use only of the
>accompanying software and documentation
>2. RESTRICTIONS. Software is confidential and
>copyrighted
>7. Export Regulations. All Software and technical data
>delivered under this Agreement are subject to US export
>control laws and may be subject to export or import
>regulations in other countries
>1. Software Internal Use and Development License Grant.
>Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
>including, but not limited to Section 4 (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 binary
>form of the Software complete and unmodified...
It seems pretty clear to me that making the locker world-readable would
not be in compliance with these license terms.
Alex
