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The '''Java Research License''', or '''JRL''', is a [[software distribution]] [[license]] created by [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] in an effort to simplify and relax the terms from the "research section" of the [[SCSLSun Community Source License]]. Sun's [[Java Platform, Standard Edition|J2SE]] 1.6.0, ''[[Java (software platform)|Mustang]]'', is licensed under the JRL as well as many projects at [http://java.net Java.net].

Although the JRL claims to be an open source license in some aspects, it forbids any commercial use and is thus incompatible with both the [[Free Software Definition]] and the [[Open Source Definition]]. It is therefore classified as a [[non-free software|non-free]] distribution license.