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2. des clauses qui nous paraissent quelque peu restrictives dans la licence pour redistribuer le JDK.
En effet, lorsque vous lisez attentivement la licence du JDK, vous tombez sur ceci:

B. License to Distribute Software. 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 and distribute the Software, provided
that (i) you distribute the Software complete and
unmodified and only bundled as part of, and for the sole
purpose of running, your Programs, (ii) the Programs add
significant and primary functionality to the Software,
(iii) you do not distribute additional software intended to
replace any component(s) of the Software, (iv) you do not
remove or alter any proprietary legends or notices
contained in the Software, (v) you only distribute the
Software subject to a license agreement that protects Sun’s
interests consistent with the terms contained in this
Agreement, and (vi) you agree to defend and indemnify Sun
and its licensors from and against any damages, costs,
liabilities, settlement amounts and/or expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any claim,
lawsuit or action by any third party that arises or results
from the use or distribution of any and all Programs and/or
Software.

et sur ceci:

E. Distribution by Publishers. This section pertains to
your distribution of the Software with your printed book or
magazine (as those terms are commonly used in the industry)
relating to Java technology (« Publication »). Subject to and
conditioned upon your compliance with the restrictions and
obligations contained in the Agreement, in addition to the
license granted in Paragraph 1 above, Sun hereby grants to
you a non-exclusive, nontransferable limited right to
reproduce complete and unmodified copies of the Software on
electronic media (the « Media ») for the sole purpose of
inclusion and distribution with your Publication(s),
subject to the following terms: (i) You may not distribute
the Software on a stand-alone basis; it must be distributed
with your Publication(s); (ii) You are responsible for
downloading the Software from the applicable Sun web site;
(iii) You must refer to the Software as JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0; (iv) The Software
must be reproduced in its entirety and without any
modification whatsoever (including, without limitation, the
Binary Code License and Supplemental License Terms
accompanying the Software and proprietary rights notices
contained in the Software); (v) The Media label shall
include the following information: Copyright 2004, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to
license terms. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo,
Solaris, Java, the Java Coffee Cup logo, J2SE , and all
trademarks and logos based on Java are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S.
and other countries. This information must be placed on the
Media label in such a manner as to only apply to the Sun
Software; (vi) You must clearly identify the Software as
Sun’s product on the Media holder or Media label, and you
may not state or imply that Sun is responsible for any
third-party software contained on the Media; (vii) You may
not include any third party software on the Media which is
intended to be a replacement or substitute for the Software;
(viii) You shall indemnify Sun for all damages arising
from your failure to comply with the requirements of this
Agreement. In addition, you shall defend, at your expense,
any and all claims brought against Sun by third parties,
and shall pay all damages awarded by a court of competent
jurisdiction, or such settlement amount negotiated by you,
arising out of or in connection with your use, reproduction
or distribution of the Software and/or the Publication.

Your obligation to provide indemnification under this
section shall arise provided that Sun: (i) provides you
prompt notice of the claim; (ii) gives you sole control of
the defense and settlement of the claim; (iii) provides
you, at your expense, with all available information,
assistance and authority to defend; and (iv) has not
compromised or settled such claim without your prior
written consent; and (ix) You shall provide Sun with a
written notice for each Publication; such notice shall
include the following information: (1) title of
Publication, (2) author(s), (3) date of Publication, and
(4) ISBN or ISSN numbers. Such notice shall be sent to Sun
Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, M/S USCA12-110,
Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A , Attention: Contracts
Administration.

Difficile, avec ces clauses, de pouvoir mettre à votre disposition une image CD contenant et le JDK, et un EDI comme Eclipse ou NetBeans, et d’autres modules les complétant.
Non pas que cela soit vraiment interdit, mais parce qu’en faisant cela on s’expose à des risques financiers au cas où quelqu’un intenterait un procès.

Et cette semaine, nous avons reçu un mail du département légal de Sun qui nous disait que les choses allaient bouger. Une excellente nouvelle, donc.