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Copyright and Licensing Information

Java and HotJava, in binary form, are distributed freely to individuals and may be redistributed for individual use. Licensing fees may apply to redistribution for commercial purposes. Licensing agreements will be added to this page as they become available.

Java and HotJava Specifications

The specifications for the Java Language and the Java Virtual Machine are OPEN and are copyrighted by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Individuals are free to reimplement the Java compiler or the Java runtime interpreter without requiring a license from Sun provided such implementations are created directly from the published specifications and without the direct or indirect use of Sun's own implementations.

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