Agreed – also how I read it For any vendor working around Java, this doesn’t really change much. You cannot bundle in an app you charge for, or use as part of a service you charge for. At first, I though this might just be if you try to charge a fee for the JDK part itself. But the wording seems quite clear, that any fee charged for the overall bundle/service prohibits this. So Oracle still haven’t fully let of the idea that their JDK distro is something they want to charge fees for in some way – you could argue why should they too, it’s their distro after all that they spend time and money on. It is a shift though, and there are still plenty of other distros with permissive licensing that allow bundling.
-Rob From: Scott Palmer <[email protected]> Sent: 15 September 2021 02:31 To: Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> Cc: Will Hartung <[email protected]>; NetBeans Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: With JDK 17, Oracle moves back to a free license That says for a year after the *NEXT* LTS release, so not until a year from now. That should mean a year after JDK 21 is released in 2023, so freely supported for 3 years from now. I’ve been using Azul builds these days anyway, since they make a JDK with Java FX included. Scott On Sep 14, 2021, at 1:40 PM, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: * * “Oracle will provide these free releases and updates starting with Oracle JDK 17<https://www.oracle.com/javadownload> and continue for one full year after the next LTS release<https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/moving-the-jdk-to-a-two-year-lts-cadence>. Prior versions are not affected by this change.” How much of your software needs to run for one year only? Gj On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 19:35, Will Hartung <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: JDK 17 is out. And there was this interesting development. https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/free-java-license Top two bullet points: + Oracle is making the industry leading Oracle JDK available for free, including all quarterly security updates. This includes commercial and production use. + The new license is the "Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions" (NFTC) license. This license for the Oracle JDK permits free use for all users, even commercial and production use. Redistribution is permitted as long as it is not for a fee. So, I thought this was interesting news. Regards, Will Hartung
