Man darf (im Unternehmensumfeld) demnächst ohne Subscription Java Updates nicht mehr herunterladen. Hierzu gab es eine Ankündigung.
Wer Updates will muss nun seinen Hersteller fragen. In der Regel interessiert die das aber nicht, selbst wenn java in der Installation (im Programmverzeichnis) integriert wäre.
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html
Zitate:
Oracle Customers are those Oracle customers with an active (1)
Java SE Subscription and/or Java SE Desktop Subscription, (2) support contract for Oracle Java SE Advanced, Oracle Java SE Advanced Desktop, Oracle Java SE Suite, and/or Java SE Support, or (3) Java SE support entitlement for use of Java SE solely with another Oracle product (Visit
My.Oracle.Support Note 1557737.1 - Support Entitlement for Java SE When Used As Part of Another Oracle Product – Requires Support Login).
Personal, Development and other Users are those who use Java SE under one of the permitted uses at no cost under the
Oracle Technology Network License Agreement for Java SE. This includes individuals who use Java SE for free on personal desktops or laptops, or those who use Java SE for development use. Please see the
Oracle Technology Network License Agreement for Java SE FAQfor more information.
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"Java SE 8 has gone through the
End of Public Updates process for legacy releases. Oracle will continue to provide free public updates and auto updates of Java SE 8, until at least the end of December 2020 for Personal, Development and other Users. Personal, Development and other Users will continue to get free Java SE 8 updates from Oracle at
java.com (or via auto update). As of the April 16, 2019
quarterly critical patch update, Oracle Customers should access updates to Java SE 8 for commercial use from Oracle through My Oracle Support and via auto update where applicable (Visit
My.Oracle Support Note 1439822.1 - All Java SE Downloads on MOS – Requires Support Login).
Oracle does not plan to migrate desktops from Java SE 8 to later versions via the auto update feature. This includes the Java Plugin and Java Web Start. Instead of relying on a browser-accessible system JRE, we encourage application developers to
use the packaging options introduced with Java SE 9 to repackage and deliver their Java applications as stand-alone applications that include their own custom runtimes. "