The Java Research License (JRL) is a software distribution
license
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created by
Sun in an effort to simplify and relax the terms from the "research section" of the
Sun Community Source License. Sun's
J2SE 1.6.0, ''
Mustang'', is licensed under the JRL as well as many projects a
Java.net
The JRL was introduced in 2003 to try to "make things a lot more friendly to people doing academic research" into the Java language, before the core of Java was made open source in 2006.
Although the JRL has elements of an open source license, the terms forbid any commercial use and are thus incompatible with both the
Free Software Definition and the
Open Source Definition. The JRL is a research license to be used for non-commercial academic uses.
See also
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc., often known as Sun for short, was an American technology company that existed from 1982 to 2010 which developed and sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services. Sun contributed sig ...
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OpenJDK
OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006, four years before the company was acquired by Oracle Corp ...
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