What do Java SE customers buy from Sun?
The JRE and JDK binaries themselves will remain zero cost downloads. End-user customers can buy subscriptions and one-time engagements for enterprise-class support from Sun for Java SE, including: • High quality, optimized performance binaries released on a predictable schedule. • Packaged updates, patches, and security fixes. • Extended support for older versions of the platform, and enterprise deployment features. • Break/fix support including customer-specific bug fixes delivered out of cycle. • Branding: Access to trademark and logo licenses including “Java Powered”. • Installation, custom engineering services. • Training, education. • Developer support. Commercial source code licensees may optionally buy additional services and gain additional rights, including: • The right to ship binaries derived from custom modified source code. • The right to make modifications to the source code without putting those modifications back into the open-source code commons. • The right to use the
