Hi,

Can anyone confirm that OpenRefine works with OpenJDK - perhaps it’s a 
historical throw back but I can remember sometimes things did not work with 
OpenJDK that did work with Java SE.

Best
Shoaib

> On 26 Feb 2019, at 11:16, Colin Sauze [cos] <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Wirawan is correct and the link below for OpenJDK should always lead to a 
> free version of Java.
> 
> If i'm reading all the documentation correctly, any existing install of Java 
> should keep working too but it might stop getting security updates soon.
> 
> Colin.
> 
> Dr. Colin Sauze
> Research Software Engineer
> Super Computing Wales Project
> Room 2.16, Physical Sciences Building
> Aberystwyth University,
> Penglais, Aberystwyth
> Ceredigion, UK, SY23 3DB
> 
> Tel: +44 (0)1970 622774
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> ________________________________________
> From: Purwanto, Wirawan [[email protected]]
> Sent: 25 February 2019 22:49
> To: discuss
> Cc: Purwanto, Wirawan
> Subject: Re: [discuss] Java licenses affecting use of OpenRefine?
> 
> Java has two flavors:
> 
> The Java SE – widely advertised on Oracle website. 
> https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2Ftechnetwork%2Fjava%2Fjavase%2Foverview%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdb6c464451984547e48008d69b73ada6%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636867318472752092&sdata=b9GofCnfPbLHxMw6UbIEOpcnA3BAODtV2gPeXd4tNdw%3D&reserved=0>
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> The OpenJDK -- 
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> I am not very familiar with Java either so I hope someone would be willing to 
> elaborate on these. I believe, Java SE (Standard Edition and all its friends 
> (Java EE [Enterprise Edition]) and so on are the ones that would require some 
> licensing fee in the future versions. OpenJDK does not. That is the “open 
> source” Java.
> 
> The difference is: OpenJDK consists only of open source or (re)distributable 
> materials as far as I know. The good thing is that there are binary builds 
> for every platforms we care about (Linux, Win, Mac) so it should not be a 
> problem as far as OpenRefine, going forward.
> 
> Wirawan
> 
> From: "Brooks Kieffer, Elizabeth Jamene" <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: discuss <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:52 PM
> To: discuss <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [discuss] Java licenses affecting use of OpenRefine?
> 
> Thanks, Colin. I’m not terribly familiar with the ins and outs of Java. Can 
> you tell me more about how one would replace one’s Java install with an open 
> source version?
> Best,
> Jamene
> 
> Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
> Data Services Librarian
> University of Kansas Libraries
> 785-864-5238
> [email protected]
> she/her/hers
> 
> From: Colin Sauze [cos] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 10:40 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [discuss] Java licenses affecting use of OpenRefine?
> 
> The open source version of Java will keep going, use that instead!
> 
> Colin.
> 
> On 25/02/2019 16:20, Brooks Kieffer, Elizabeth Jamene wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> At my US-based institution, our IT folks are taking inventory of who is using 
> Java applications, and I have brought their attention to OpenRefine. Oracle 
> is rolling out a new subscription-based update model for commercial use of 
> Java (see 
> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3284164/java/oracle-now-requires-a-subscription-to-use-java-se.html<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoworld.com%2Farticle%2F3284164%2Fjava%2Foracle-now-requires-a-subscription-to-use-java-se.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdb6c464451984547e48008d69b73ada6%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636867318472762101&sdata=H6xvag4ffFrV%2BZQxx8sEsRyarGR%2F6ZIgiIYglZK2lHc%3D&reserved=0>
>  for an overview). OpenRefine is a critical application for Data and Library 
> Carpentries, and I am concerned that Oracle’s new license model is going to 
> discourage use on any computer that might be called “commercial.”
> 
> I haven’t encountered any discussion of this topic on the list to date. Does 
> anyone have any insight?
> 
> Thanks and best,
> Jamene
> 
> Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
> Data Services Librarian
> University of Kansas Libraries
> 785-864-5238
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> she/her/hers
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> Dr. Colin Sauze
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> Research Software Engineer
> 
> Super Computing Wales Project
> 
> Room 2.16, Physical Sciences Building
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> Aberystwyth University,
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> Penglais, Aberystwyth
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