Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #38690

Java licensing

Path	csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From	Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Java licensing
Date	Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:48:15 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Lines	31
Message-ID	<puv250$3lu$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
Mime-Version	1.0
Content-Type	text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding	7bit
Injection-Date	Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:48:16 -0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info	reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="5d056457022e58e54ea45f081b521e83"; logging-data="3774"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ReQ6chDYtXrYKB1X2CnhGuBI2+syWmQU="
User-Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.3
Cancel-Lock	sha1:cq9YNw8lCvbd9lGY31XfJyHYE04=
X-Antivirus-Status	Clean
Content-Language	en-US
X-Antivirus	Avast (VPS 181213-2, 2018-12-13), Outbound message
X-Mozilla-News-Host	news://news.eternal-september.org:119
Xref	csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:38690

Show key headers only | View raw

I'm late to the party on this one but I'm hoping to catch up....

I saw messages to the effect that Java licensing is changing several 
months back when I last updated my Java 8.* JDK but hadn't taken the 
time to look into it. Tonight, I realized my version of Eclipse on this 
machine was getting pretty dated and decided to update it to Eclipse 
2018-09. When I launched the new version, it converted my workspace, as 
uual, and immediately broke all my JavaFX code. Every single JavaFX 
import was suddenly invalid. I decided to install the latest Java 10 
JDK, only to find that JDK 10 is already out of support so I found the 
current JDK for Java 11. Before downloading it, I saw the important 
notice about the licensing and finally read it.

The bit that caught my eye was that it only allowed me to write demos 
with it; I could NOT write code for my own personal use or to support a 
very low-traffic website used by a club I'm in, as I have been doing for 
a while now. Well, I suppose there *is* a way but I'm guessing it 
involves giving someone money for the privilege. The license agreement 
doesn't talk about this so my first question is: how do I get the right 
to use the code I've written for my own personal use and to support my 
club's website?

The Oracle website said another option I had was to use the Java 11 
under a GPL license, which seems like it would allow what I want to do. 
So I downloaded the Open JDK for Java 11 but I'm darned if I can figure 
out how to coax Eclipse to use it; it doesn't contain a JRE and that's 
what Eclipse wants. So, my second question is: can I get Eclipse to use 
the Open JDK and, if so, how?

-- 
Rhino

Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Java licensing Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2018-12-13 20:48 -0500
  Re: Java licensing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-12-13 21:05 -0500
    Re: Java licensing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-12-13 21:10 -0500
      Re: Java licensing Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-12-14 10:42 +0100
        Re: Java licensing Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-14 06:24 -0800

csiph-web