Thanks for the clarification. I tried to read the GPLv2-CE license, but it gave me a headache.
/Sverre Den ons. 19. sep. 2018 kl. 14:51 skrev Kevin Rushforth < kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com>: > While this is not meant to be legal advice... The purpose of the > Classpath exception to GPL v2 [1], both for the JDK itself and for > JavaFX, is to allow applications to use it without requiring that the > application itself be licensed under GPL nor requiring that the source > for the application be provided. This applies whether you use OpenJDK 11 > + OpenJFX 11 or Oracle JDK 11 + OpenJFX 11. > > -- Kevin > > [1] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html > > > On 9/19/2018 12:22 AM, Sverre Moe wrote: > > Great work with JavaFX 11. Looking forward to trying it out. > > > > About license for OpenJDK and OpenJFX: > > > > Given that OpenJDK has a GPLv2-CE license, is it possible to use it > > with a commercial application, when bundling with a native runtime, or > > do we need a commercial license from Oracle? We will not be providing > > the source code for our application which is required when using > > software with GPL. > > > > We deliver both software and hardware to our customers. The server > > hardware running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, which provides the > > OpenJDK builds, comes preinstalled with our applications. SLES 15.0 > > has the OpenJDK 10 build, but I reckon later SP will probably provide > > OpenJDK 11. We pay for SLES and are getting LTSS updates from SUSE > > which includes the OpenJDK. > > > > Given that Oracle JDK which we have used up to now to build our > > application cannot any longer be used in production without license > > from Oracle, we then would either need a license or use the OpenJDK to > > build and deliver with out application. Using the OpenJDK I am not > > sure we can because of the GPLv2 license it is under. > > > > I guess it would not be an issue if we did not bundle the JRE runtime, > > but required the client computer to have it installed, like we do > > today when using Java Web Start. However with the removal of Java Web > > Start we are looking into creating native packages for Linux, Windows > > and Mac. > > > > When it comes to third party Java libraries we have been carefully to > > only use those which is possible in a commercial application, like > > Apache, BSD and LGPL, such as JFXtras (BSD License 2.0), Medusa > > (Apache License v2.0) and JFreechart-FX (LGPL 2.1). > > Now that we will provide JavaFX in the same way as a OpenJFX > > dependency I have the same concern with it as I do with OpenJDK if it > > also is under GPLv2. > > > > /Sverre > >
