Hi all,

I'm back - fun trip away from the modern world!

Are these concerns still out there?  Did anyone approach Oracle?  Would they
like me to?

Cheers,
Martijn

On 30 July 2011 19:46, Martijn Verburg <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm away on a first nations reserve for a few days, but I'll happily bring
> this to Oracle afterwards.  Or someone can get hold of Dalibor Topic or one
> of the community team to discuss it a little more quickly.  Always good to
> get these things cleared up
>
> Cheers,
> Martijn
>
>
> On Saturday, 30 July 2011, martin_clausen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I don't know what the motive behind this specific license construct
> > is.
> >
> > I do know that it makes it very easy to get into what Oracle could
> > view as a non-compliance situation as most developers / ops persons
> > perceive Java to be freely available (with the exception of Java ME),
> > and will happily install the "Commercial Features" without realizing
> > the consequences. Oracle hasn't exactly made it easy to discover this
> > by making the "Commercial Features" subject to the same license (with
> > the built in exception) as Java 7 SE.
> >
> > /mac
> >
> > On Jul 30, 7:10 pm, Martijn Verburg <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> It's good that these things get raised.
> >>
> >> My IANAL take on this. Despite the legal language changes, it is not
> much
> >> (any?) different to how Sun had it with Java 5/6 and the commercial
> products
> >> that hung off that.
> >>
> >> A bunch of us raised this with Oracle back at the start of this year and
> >> they were adamant  that they didn't intend to change things from how Sun
> ran
> >> it.
> >>
> >> If people are concerned about a particilar point then I'm happy to take
> that
> >> to Oracle, let me know! But i don't think this is a case of it being a
> >> deliberate malicious trap or anything (and I can get suspicious with the
> >> best of em ;p)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Martijn
> >>
> >> On Saturday, 30 July 2011, martin_clausen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > Has anyone noted the language regarding "Commercial Features" in the
> >> > Java 7 SE license agreement?
> >>
> >> > I found it curious and dug a bit around. It appears that while a
> >> > number of Java 7 SE JRockit and Java for Business features are freely
> >> > available for download from Oracle's site and subject to the same
> >> > license agreement as basic Java 7 SE, they may not be used for
> >> > production purposes without a separate license. I have put together a
> >> > short post here
> >>
> >> http://www.spyfoos.com/index.php/2011/07/28/oracle-java-7-and-commerc...>
> (shameless plug) that outlines the situation.
> >>
> >> > /mac
> >>
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