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Re: Minimal set for JNLP

From: Mark Brouwer <mark.brouwer_at_virgil.nl>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:46:18 +0100

Malachi de AElfweald wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:48:48 +0100, Mark Brouwer <mark.brouwer_at_virgil.nl> wrote:
> >Malachi de AElfweald wrote:
> >I have no clue what JNLP stands for :-) but the minimal set [*] of
> >libraries at runtime are with J2SE 1.4 jaxb-api.jar, laxb-libs.jar and
> >jaxb-ri.jar a total of 1.14 MB.
> >
> >However the size of the models generated are very large, and while I
> >speak of it, are there plans to reduce the size the size of the
> >generated code. I think there is room for some squeezing.
> >
> >[*] The current license states however that much more libraries have to
> >be distributed, most of them are for J2SE below 1.4 or the xjc tool. But
> >Sun will allow us in the near future to redistrubute a limited set of
> >libraries, exact terms I leave over to them.
>
> JNLP is the Java Network Launching Protocol. Basically, the newest replacement for the Java PlugIn. All of my apps require JDK 1.4 anyways, because I use the new methods (like String.split)...
>
> I don't the licensing issue would come into play (since it distributes more like an Applet), as long as the necessary files were on the server. Does that sound right to everyone?
>

I'm afraid licenses always come into play, applet or not, and as far as
I know with JNLP you do truly distribute an application for it will be
installed at the client.
--
Mark