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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 [[Sun 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 claimshas toelements beof an open source license, in some aspects,the itterms forbidsforbid any commercial use and isare thus incompatible with both the [[Free Software Definition]] and the [[Open Source Definition]]. The ItJRL is thereforea classifiedresearch aslicense ato [[non-freebe used for software|non-free]]commercial distributionacademic licenseuses.

== See also ==

* [[Sun Microsystems]]