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ScottCloster
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7 years ago

Looking for information on SoapUI Open Source and Oracle Java Licensing.

Hi there, I'm currently working with a group that is currently evaluating installed instances of Oracle's Java in their environment in effort to remove it where applicable in order to avoid any licensing concerns due to Oracle's licencing changes this year. There are a few instances of SoapUI (open source version) in use, and I'm trying to determine if there are any potential licensing issues due to the fact the installer bundles Oracle's JRE in with the SoapUI software. I've ran a few searches through the forum and support board but haven't come up with any results. Are there any links or documentation that anyone is aware of that addresses SoapUI and how, or if it's use is impacted by Oracle's licensing change in January? Thanks.

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  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Community Hero
    7 years ago
    I do not think that would impact endusers as long as SoapUI installer is used and using it with bundled jre (as it is out of users scope as he is not installing oracle jdk / jre explicitly). Isn't it so?
  • DASA01's avatar
    DASA01
    New Contributor
    2 months ago

    Hi all, anyone who can answer that question? My company wants to use SOAP UI 5.9.0 but I need to make sure that no Oracle Java SE is installed with installation of SOAP UI. 

    I think SOAP UI installer uses a bundled OpenJDK JRE by Oracle. But need to get 100% sure that there's no Oracle Java SE.

    Thanks in advance.

  • joseph_michaud's avatar
    joseph_michaud
    Icon for Staff rankStaff
    2 months ago

    If the bundled JRE is installed it will be found in the "jre" subdirectory of the SoapUI installation.  Run "jre\bin\java -XshowSettings:properties -version" and look for the java.vendor string.

    SoapUI-5.7.0 had a java.vendor of "Oracle Corporation"
    SoapUI-5.7.1 had a java.vendor of "BellSoft"

    • DASA01's avatar
      DASA01
      New Contributor
      2 months ago

      Thanks Joseph

      So, java.specification.vendor is not relevant here, right? java.vendor = Bellsoft means no Oracle Java SE involved?!