Is Java Se Free for Commercial Use

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.

Which Java version is free for commercial use?

Oracle JDK 17 and later is available under the Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions License which permits free use for all users. Oracle JDK 11, Oracle JDK Java 8, and Oracle JRE with Java Web Start in Java 8, are available to Oracle Customers via My Oracle Support and also under the OTN License Agreement for Java SE.

Is Java SE still free?

Java SE 8 remains free of charge for general purpose desktop and server use and is available under the Oracle Binary Code License (BCL) at