Java Licensing Frequently Asked Questions
In 2019, Oracle significantly changed licensing for official Oracle Java releases. You must now purchase a license in order to receive updates to the commercial version of Oracle Java. In response to this change, we officially added support for OpenJDK in NextGen Connect. OpenJDK receives free updates from Oracle for a period of 6 months following each release. While the Oracle OpenJDK distribution is recommended for use with Connect, we strive to support third-party OpenJDK distributions as well such as AdoptOpenJDK, Azul Zulu and Amazon Corretto. Third party distributions may receive extended release updates from their respective communities, but these are not guaranteed.
No. If you wish to use the official Oracle distribution of Java, you will need to purchase a license with Oracle separately.
No. NextGen Connect versions 3.7 and later now include support for OpenJDK, which does not require the purchase of an Oracle license.
Mirth Appliances with the most recent software updates allow you to choose which Java distribution to use:
Oracle OpenJDK (openjdk11_64) is the recommended distribution to use with Connect and can be used without the need to purchase a license from Oracle.
You will need to install an OpenJDK distribution. Oracle's OpenJDK distribution is recommended and can be used without the need to purchase a license from Oracle.