Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL) - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)

The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) is the definitive development and deployment environment for enterprise software applications that can run on a variety of desktop computers, servers and other computing devices. The platform comprises the Java 2 Software Development Kit, Standard Edition (SDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The SDK provides software programmers with the speed, security and functionality to create cross-platform, mission critical applications. The JRE provides the execution environment needed to run Java platform-based applets and applications.

Sun is making the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition source code available to the developer community as part of Sun's Community Source License Program (SCSL). These releases are intended to further propel innovation of the Java platform and provide developers with easier access to the Java platform sources while still maintaining compatibility. With the source code, software developers are able to:

• fix platform bugs or performance bottlenecks that are impeding the development or deployment of an application
• implement new APIs which need access to platform internals

• Modified source code cannot be distributed without the express written permission of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• Binary programs built using modified Java 2 SDK source code may not be distributed, internally or externally, without meeting the compatibility and other requirements described in the License Agreement.
• Building, porting, and testing the Java 2 SDK source code requires a high level of technical expertise.
• The Java 2 SDK source code is not the compiled Java 2 SDK.