Do I need a commercial license for Java?

Oracle has announced that from January 2019, Java SE 8 public updates will no longer be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license although it will remain free for general purpose computing usage. For any usage outside of this, a valid license must be in place.

Is Jdk 11 free for commercial use?

Oracle’s JDK (commercial) – you can use this in development and testing for free, but if you use it in production you have to pay for it. Oracle’s OpenJDK (open source) – you can use this for free in any environment, like any open source library.

Can I use OpenJDK for commercial use?

Licenses. Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial, or production use without a commercial license, as Oracle announced. However, OpenJDK is completely open source and can be used it freely.

Is OpenJDK free for commercial?

The OpenJDK build from Oracle is $free, GPL licensed (with Classpath exception so safe for commercial use), and provided alongside their commercial offering. It will only have 6 months of security patches, after that Oracle intends you to upgrade to Java 12.

Does Java need license?

Oracle has announced that, effective January 2019, Java SE 8 public updates will no longer be available for “Business, Commercial or Production use” without a commercial license.

Do I need an Oracle license to use Java?

If any of the following statements apply to you, you will likely require an Oracle license: If you want to use Java for free for commercial use, one way of doing it is to use an Oracle JDK, Oracle’s OpenJDK builds and OpenJDK from other providers. This, of course, does not include support from Oracle, however.

Do you need to buy a Java license in 2019?

In July 2018, Oracle released a new subscription-based pricing model for Java SE (Standard Edition) and announced that starting in January 2019, Java SE commercial users must buy a license in order to receive updates. This news caused many businesses to question their Java usage and wonder which actions they will need to take come January.

What is the license for Oracle OpenJDK?

Oracle OpenJDK releases under the open source GNU General Public License v2, with the Classpath Exception (GPLv2+CPE) (since Java 9), and Oracle Java SE product releases, which includes the Oracle JDK for Java 8 and later, and Oracle JRE with Java Web Start in Java 8, under the OTN License Agreement for Java SE.

Is it possible to use Java for commercial use?

As I know , according to current license Java is under BCL(Sun’s Binary Code License) , you can use JDK and JRE free for commercial use . Use ECLIPSE as your IDE as enty point to develop your Java code.