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Notice jre and jdk 7 have new license agreement. Am I able to include binary jre without additional license?

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  • Please, do notice that we are not in any way lawers and you may need legal advice to make sure.
    – Braiam
    Nov 7, 2013 at 15:59

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If you include the binary you will also need to include the new license (and abide by it yourself).

See also: http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/distribution.xml

Can I distribute Java with my software?

Yes, you can provide Java with your software provided you abide by the terms and conditions of Java binary code license.

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According to Oracle:

LICENSE TO USE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, the Java Technology Restrictions of the Supplemental License Terms, Oracle grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license without license fees to reproduce and use internally the Software complete and unmodified for the sole purpose of running Programs. THE LICENSE SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 2 DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE COMMERCIAL FEATURES.

Source:License Agreement for the Java SE Platform

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  • Does this mean we can not use java for commercial? And we only can use internally.
    – 王子1986
    Nov 7, 2013 at 23:55
  • I'm not an Attorney, but from the document you need to get permission from Oracle. Also you may want to look at OpenJDK.
    – Mitch
    Nov 8, 2013 at 5:34
  • @王子1986: I don't think so. The term commercial features has a special meaning in the license. It refers to features listed in Table 1-1 in the documentation
    – bluenote10
    Jun 9, 2015 at 16:56
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From http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/distribution.xml:

Can I distribute Java with my software?

Yes, you can provide Java with your software provided you abide by the terms and conditions of Java binary code license.

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  • From another answer on the same page: "You may make Java available to users within your organization on a CD. And you may distribute Java bundled with your application to users outside of your organization. You may not distribute Java alone on a CD." Mar 19, 2014 at 10:42

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