Organizations that don't consider themselves Oracle customers, but use Java, can expect a call from Big Red in the next three to nine months, according to a software licensing specialist.
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House of Brick, which has spent years advising clients on how to manage their commercial arrangements with Oracle, said it had noticed an increase in organizations seeking advice after being approached by the tech giant about their Java use.
"Even if you are not an Oracle customer, they track product downloads and match the IP addresses of your organization. Oracle has deployed an entire team of people in India who contact organizations worldwide with claims of non-compliant Java SE- use." the company said in a blog, referring to the runtime environment.
Big Red first introduced two new licensing models for its commercial Java platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), in April 2019 when it began charging license fees for previously free Java.
