[tmd83]

The article was very confusing to me. Does it really mean if I get the standard download that might have some licensed components (Flight recorder for example) I'm on the hook even if I don't enable/use those features? The VM even has flag for unlocking commercial feature so that doesn't make sense.

Or is it the fact that people are using commercial features thinking that all the free downloaded bits are free, that seems a bit naive for big companies.

Also not sure of the distribution angle, if I don't use the msi installer and bundle it in a zip or something does it still require a commercial license? From reading distribution FAQ it seems I can distribute it internally my organization not sure if I can as part of commercial application sold to 3rd party.

[Sanddancer]

Your best bet is probably to use the OpenJDK build for Windows. It's an MSI file and it doesn't have any of the Oracle crap attached to it.

https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/overview/

[krylon]

Thank you! I did not even know that existed!

[smonff]

Also, OpenJDKs packages exists for various GNU/Linux distributions.

[krylon]

That I did know. ;-)

But I work as a sysadmin at a Windows shop, and deploying the JRE on ~80 machines has been a real pain so far. With an MSI package, I can just use a GPO.