Re: NB Platform Apps and JRE bundles with Java 9

Well, those legal caveats is not something I worry about. What I bundle is
a JRE, not a JDK. And tools that are irrelevant are excluded from the
distribution package I create. I use the the Oracle ReadMe to guide me as
to what I'm allowed to exclude from a re-distribution package. And I
really, really exclude all I'm legally allowed to exclude ... for the sake
of minimizing the size. So the risk of someone finding their way to the
private JRE bundled with the application and then firing up some paid-for
feature is 0%, simply because it isn't there.

In any case, I think Oracle is going down the wrong path if they will no
longer cater for application developers who wish to bundle a JRE with their
application.

And thanks for pointing me to Zulu distribution. Wasn't aware of its
existence. My only concern is that customers may be more comfortable if it
is an Oracle JRE which is bundled with the application as opposed to a
derivative.But on the other hand: most of customers are unaware that our
application is written in Java, except maybe the customer's IT dept cares.
Dunno.


Peter

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Eirik Bakke <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Oracle JDK builds are not the best ones to use for
> re-distribution--they include proprietary add-ons that come with various
> legal caveats (see https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_
> targets_java_users_non_compliance/ ).
>
> A better distribution is Zulu <http://zulu.org/>--it's just plain
> OpenJDK, with no proprietary Oracle stuff in it. Java is open-source after
> all, so anyone can make a distribution.
>
> For JDK 9, see http://zulu.org/zulu-9-pre-release-downloads/ .
>
> -- Eirik
>
>
> From: Peter Hansson <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, April 17, 2017 at 3:40 AM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [platform-dev] NB Platform Apps and JRE bundles with Java 9
>
>
> Just a few questions on how the NBI infrastructure will work with Java 9.
>
> Currently with Java <9, Oracle distributes ZIPs or tar.gz's for *all*
> platforms. This is important as it allows us NB Platform App developers to
> bundle a JRE with our application. I don't know if it is deliberate but the
> JDK9 EAP doesn't (at the moment) allow for downloading a relocatable
> package for Mac OS X and Windows. If this is a sign of things to come then
> we are in serious trouble.
>
> Anyone knows this?
>
> Peter
>
> JDK9 EAP download:   https://jdk9.java.net/download/
>