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May I add/bundle the Sun Java Runtime Environment to/with a (commercial) distribution of OpenOffice.org?

April 26, 2017Commercial distribution Environment Java runtime Sun

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May I add/bundle the Sun Java Runtime Environment to/with a (commercial) distribution of OpenOffice.org?

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Yes. OpenOffice.org 2.0 uses Java technology to increase its functionality: Java technology is used for wizards and for the database component; its use here does not affect the licensing of either OpenOffice.org or the Java software. The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) may be freely (at no charge) downloaded from http://www.java.com and can be freely (at no charge) distributed with OpenOffice.org via CD or other media as provided in the JRE license (among other things, Sun shall deem the OpenOffice.org software to provide significant Java technology based value add to the JRE as required by the JRE license, and note that the JRE needs to be bundled unmodified with the OpenOffice.org software – including the license contained in the installer). For more information on Java’s licensing, please visit http://www.java.com/en/download/license.jsp Information on OpenOffice.org’s license can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/license.html.