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Oracle Java license [message #1872605]

Mon, 11 November 2024 13:23

Xiaonan Xie

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2024

Junior Member

Oracle recently inquired about Java usage and they asked us to contact vendors for the following.

1. Does the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers have Java JRE bundled with the installer? If so, which version in included?
2. Also if Java JRE is inlcuded, does Eclipse have a paid license with Oracle for the usage of it.

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Re: Oracle Java license [message #1872611 is a reply to message #1872605]

Mon, 11 November 2024 19:26

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

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The answer to the first question is easy to find in the copies of the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers that you are surely already using.

It's an answer that invalidates the second question.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: Oracle Java license [message #1872614 is a reply to message #1872611]

Mon, 11 November 2024 20:26

Xiaonan Xie

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Registered: November 2024

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While true, you haven't experienced an audit from Oracle. They won't accept what we find and only an official answer from an employee. So yeah, it's fun times

Already been through this for other software unfortunately

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Re: Oracle Java license [message #1872623 is a reply to message #1872614]

Tue, 12 November 2024 02:51

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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Oracle is on Eclipse Board of Directors and is very well aware that Eclipse redistributes JDKs via

https://adoptium.net/

You can read the license details at that site.

The IDE's simply uses JREs repackaged (via jlink) of the Adoptium JDKs as produced by JustJ

https://eclipse.dev/justj/?page=documentation

Oracle's Board representative is also aware of this fact.

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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