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Lee Shaoran

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May 8, 2012, 4:21:49 AM5/8/12
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Hello to all,

I am Vishnu from India.
Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
environment?
If yes, could you please tell me where can i find the software?

thank you,

Vishnu

Jeff Higgins

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May 8, 2012, 6:06:49 AM5/8/12
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On 05/08/2012 04:21 AM, Lee Shaoran wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I am Vishnu from India.
> Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
> environment?
> If yes, could you please tell me where can i find the software?
>

<http://www.oracle.com/in/corporate/contact/index.html>

> thank you,
>
> Vishnu

Roedy Green

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May 8, 2012, 6:24:16 AM5/8/12
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On Tue, 8 May 2012 01:21:49 -0700 (PDT), Lee Shaoran
<vishnum...@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>I am Vishnu from India.
>Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
>environment?
>If yes, could you please tell me where can i find the software?

yes, strangely. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html
--
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They forget that the simplest language is the one you
already know. They also forget that their simple little
markup language will bit by bit become even more convoluted
and complicated than HTML because of the unplanned way it grows.
.

Lew

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May 8, 2012, 8:21:03 AM5/8/12
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On 05/08/2012 01:21 AM, Lee Shaoran wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I am Vishnu from India.
> Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
> environment?
> If yes, could you please tell me where can i [sic] find the software?

Start here:
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html>

Did you try an online search for Java?

--
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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markspace

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May 8, 2012, 10:47:32 AM5/8/12
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On 5/8/2012 1:21 AM, Lee Shaoran wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I am Vishnu from India.
> Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
> environment?
> If yes, could you please tell me where can i find the software?


First, "Java for Business" is Oracle's extended support Java SE:

<http://java.sun.com/javase/faqs.jsp#1q4>

As far as I know the regular Java SE is still free as in "no cost."

<http://java.sun.com/javase/faqs.jsp#1q8>

Java can be found easily with a Google search for "Java download"

<http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp>

Arne Vajhøj

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May 8, 2012, 10:17:43 PM5/8/12
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On 5/8/2012 4:21 AM, Lee Shaoran wrote:
> I am Vishnu from India.
> Is Java free for business purposes for Microsoft windows
> environment?
> If yes, could you please tell me where can i find the software?

You can get Java implementations for Windows from multiple
vendors and some vendors offer multiple conditions.

Pick your implementation and check whether the conditions
are acceptable for your usage.

There are certainly free implementations available
for Windows.

Arne



Lee Shaoran

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May 9, 2012, 4:28:05 AM5/9/12
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Hello to all,

Please refer Oracle's website link,

http://www.oracle.com/us/legal/terms/index.html

It states that the software available in this site should not be used
for commercial purposes.

Please tell me is there any way i can work use java on windows
environment free of cost for business.

Thank you,

Vishnu

Paul Cager

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May 9, 2012, 4:43:08 AM5/9/12
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On May 9, 9:28 am, Lee Shaoran <vishnumahen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> Please refer Oracle's website link,
>
> http://www.oracle.com/us/legal/terms/index.html
>
> It states that the software available in this site should not be used
> for commercial purposes.

What it says is:

".... In the event that Software ... is not licensed for your use
through License Terms specific to the Software, you may use the
Software subject to the following: (a) .... noncommercial
purposes; ..."

Note the clause in the first sentence "is not licensed for your use
through License Terms specific to the Software".

There are specific license terms for Java which allow commercial use.
Type in "download Java" in a search engine.

Fredrik Jonson

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May 9, 2012, 4:46:48 AM5/9/12
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Lee Shaoran wrote:

> http://www.oracle.com/us/legal/terms/index.html
>
> [...] states that the software available in this site should not be
> used for commercial purposes.
>
> Please tell me is there any way i can work use java on windows
> environment free of cost for business.

You're reading the wrong license. This is the license that regulate use of
Java SE, ie the JDK and JRE. It permits commercial use:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html

If that license isn't good enough, you can use Openjdk, which is
licensed under the GPL v2 + a explicit linking exception.

http://openjdk.java.net/
http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html

--
Fredrik Jonson

John B. Matthews

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May 9, 2012, 6:20:48 AM5/9/12
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In article
<8d89d0ab-fc88-4883...@r2g2000pbs.googlegroups.com>,
Lee Shaoran <vishnum...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Please refer Oracle's website link,
>
> http://www.oracle.com/us/legal/terms/index.html
>
> It states that the software available in this site should not be used
> for commercial purposes.
>
> Please tell me is there any way i can work use Java on Windows
> environment free of cost for business.

Section 2. Use of Software seems apropos. The "License Terms specific
to" Java would apply. IANAL.

--
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

Jeff Higgins

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May 9, 2012, 11:51:24 AM5/9/12
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Your legal adviser: cljp? wtf

> Thank you,
>
> Vishnu

markspace

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May 9, 2012, 12:16:13 PM5/9/12
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That's my reaction. To the op: If you really need legal advice, please
contact a lawyer. Getting legal advice from random people on the
internet is a serious fail.

Also, learn to read plain English, as the license you link to is pretty
darn clear about what it is saying.


Lee Shaoran

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May 10, 2012, 4:27:02 AM5/10/12
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Hello to all,

Thank you all for your reply.

by
vishnu

Arne Vajhøj

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May 20, 2012, 10:30:58 PM5/20/12
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I think the advice to contact a lawyer is a lot better
than to read the license as plain English. Legal matters
should follow common sense, but the reality is a bit
more complex.

Arne


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