Therefore, Oracle customers who try to terminate their OMA in order to get the “free” Java 17 may well face pushback from Oracle. Instead, only a termination for cause due to a material breach that is not cured within 30-days is included in the provision. However, the clause does not provide for a termination for convenience, for either of the contracting parties. Paragraph 6 of the General Terms of the OMA governs termination as it pertains to Oracle programs. That of course requires a review of the termination provision of the OMA. This might lead Oracle customers who already have an OMA with a Java subscription to consider terminating the OMA if they want to use the “free” version of Java 17. Thus, according to its terms, the NFTC would not apply if an Oracle customer already has an Oracle Master Agreement (“OMA”) in place, which contains a Java subscription. Your use of this Program is governed by the No-Fee Terms and Conditions set forth below, unless you have received this Program (alone or as part of another Oracle product) under an Oracle license agreement (including but not limited to the Oracle Master Agreement), in which case your use of this Program is governed solely by such license agreement with Oracle. However, the first paragraph of that agreement states:
: The announcement indicates that Java 17 and later are free under the new “Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions” (NFTC) license which allows for “running the Program for Your own personal use or internal business operations”. You need to understand the technical and contractual aspects of this announcement to see if, and how, you may be able to use Java 17+ at no cost. : This announcement often gets misinterpreted as “all Java is now free again”, which is definitely not the case.
In this blog, Pam Fulmer, Partner at Tactical Law Group, and David Woodard, Executive License Consultant at House of Brick, discuss the technical and legal implications of this announcement. Oracle announced on Sthat Java 17 and future versions of Java are now free again.
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