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Or be prepared to pay yearly license fees to Oracle. See our video below that tells you – how to do it step by step. So, be prepared for a deep dive into the new open source JRE before you can start using it for free. Open Source JRE installs and runs differently than Oracle’s JRE. It is speculated that Oracle is going to stop providing free Java (JDK) with Long Term Support (LTS) release. Which one to use? 8 and 11 are with Long Term Support (LTS).
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How does one get this Open source Runtime Environment? Visit and download it for free. They have also sensed an opportunity to get part of the pie that Oracle is going after and have started actively selling IBM JRE. IBM has it’s own version of JRE based on both ‘HotSpot’ and ‘OpenJ9’ and is a priced item. Fortunately Open source versions of both JVM is available for free. HotSpot and OpenJ9 are essentially same but differ in certain technical details. OpenJ9 Java is known as Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK). Other is contributed by IBM, Eclipse and other Open source community supporters. One contributed by Oracle (earlier Sun) is called ‘HotSpot’. There are two types of Java Virtual Machines (JVM). But, it did not matter because JRE was free for all types of use including commercial use. It’s a low hanging fruit for them.ĭo you know Java is open source? Probably yes. So, now Oracle is going to make lot of money from sale of JRE license. And now they have decided to monetise the opportunity by deciding to charge users of Java Runtime a yearly licensing fee for commercial use. There are literally millions of users of Java. It became very popular among developers because both Java Development (JDK) and Runtime Environment (JRE) were free. Since JRE was free for all this years there was no need to explore this topic. You need to dive little deep to understand this alternative. So, is there any way to save this licensing cost? Yes. Just search for files with extension “.jar” If you find any files and you use them then you require JRE license. If you are not sure whether you require JRE or not there is a simple test. For example, in India Tax Deduced at Source (TDS) returns are prepared using Java application. Java applications are developed and used widely all over the world. It’s licensing cost is slightly more than Rs.2,000/- per user per year. Particularly those using Java applications in commercial environment will have to purchase JRE license from Oracle. This announcement has huge cost implication for majority of end users. But, when JRE is used to run the Java Application, commercial user will have to pay for the usage of JRE.
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One can still download the commercial Oracle JDK for free and use it for free in development/test environments. It continues to be Free for personal use.
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Starting from JRE Version 8 Update 211 commercial users will be required to pay for its usage to Oracle. According to them Java Runtime (JRE) Version 8 Update 201 was the last free JRE. Oracle recently announced major change in Java Runtime licensing policy.
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