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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 aria-level="2" data-id="background"> <span data-contrast="none">Background</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span> </h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Kaseya VSA has a dependency </span><span data-contrast="auto">on </span><span data-contrast="auto">Oracle </span><span data-contrast="auto">Java </span><span data-contrast="auto">v</span><span data-contrast="auto">8.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Starting </span><span data-contrast="auto">in April 2019, Oracle </span><span data-contrast="auto">changed its license terms so that </span><span data-contrast="auto">the latest updates</span><span data-contrast="auto"> to Java 8 are no longer free for commercial users.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <h3 aria-level="2" data-id="do-i-need-to-purchase-oracle-licenses"> <span data-contrast="none">Do I need to </span><span data-contrast="none">purchase</span><span data-contrast="none"> Oracle </span><span data-contrast="none">licenses</span><span data-contrast="none">?</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span> </h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The VSA installer deploys Java</span><span data-contrast="auto"> version 8 update 131</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (released </span><span data-contrast="auto">April 2017)</span><span data-contrast="auto">, which </span><span data-contrast="auto">does not </span><span data-contrast="auto">require a license</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">U</span><span data-contrast="auto">pdate</span><span data-contrast="auto"> 221</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (release</span><span data-contrast="auto">d </span><span data-contrast="auto">July 2019) and above </span><span data-contrast="auto">are subject to new </span><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2Ftechnetwork%2Fjava%2Fjavase%2Foverview%2Foracle-jdk-faqs.html"><span data-contrast="none">Oracle licens</span><span data-contrast="none">ing terms</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Note </span></em><em><span data-contrast="auto">–</span></em><em><span data-contrast="auto"> The </span></em><em><span data-contrast="auto">latest updates may </span></em><em><span data-contrast="auto">include important security updates.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <h3 aria-level="2" data-id="further-information"> <span data-contrast="none">Further information</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span> </h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Kaseya</span><span data-contrast="auto"> is </span><span data-contrast="auto">in the process of </span><span data-contrast="auto">replacing Oracle Java with Open JDK</span><span data-contrast="auto">. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Planned GA release </span><span data-contrast="auto">timeframe</span><span data-contrast="auto"> for this is Q1, 2020</span><span data-contrast="auto">. After this, Oracle Java will no longer need to be installed on the VSA server.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </article> </main>