Developer Preview Release was officially announced today at JavaOne by Hasan Rizvi

[Stephen Bannasch]

At 10:55 PM +0400 10/4/11, Victor Dyakov wrote:
>Oracle JDK7 Mac OS X Port Developer Preview Release was officially announced today at JavaOne by Hasan. It is now live at http://jdk7.java.net.
>
>http://jdk7.java.net/macportpreview
>
>and OTN,
>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-se-jdk-7-download-432154.html
>

Why is the release distributed under such a restrictive license?

  http://jdk7.java.net/license.txt

When the macosx-port OpenJDK code I build is distributed under the GPL2 license?

Is there additional proprietary code included in jdk-7-ea-macosx-b211.dmg?

Samples from the license http://jdk7.java.net/license.txt:

  3.1  No Duplication.

  Licensee may not duplicate Licensed Software other than for a
  single copy of Licensed Software for archival purposes only.
  Licensee agrees to reproduce any copyright and other
  proprietary right notices on any such copy.

  3.2  Confidential Information

  Licensed Software and Feedback (as defined in Section 5.0) are
  "Confidential Information" of Oracle. Licensee may not
  disclose or use Confidential Information, except for the
  purposes specified in this Agreement. Licensee will protect
  the Confidential Information with the same degree of care, as
  Licensee uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but
  no less than a reasonable degree.

  3.3  No Derivative Works

  Except as otherwise provided by law, Licensee may not modify
  or create derivative works of the Licensed Software, or
  reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile binary portions of
  the Licensed Software, or otherwise attempt to derive the
  source code from such portions.

  3.4   No Other Licenses or Rights

  No right, title, or interest in or to Licensed Software, any
  trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Oracle or
  Oracle's licensors is granted under this Agreement.

  3.5  No Commercial Use

  Licensee shall have no right to use the Licensed Software for
  productive or commercial use.