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7.1. AttachPlus – Oracle Java Announcement
AttachPlus versions 3.1.0 and higher install a private Java Runtime, based on the open source Liberica JDK. Liberica JDK will be installed to C:\Program Files (X86)\trumpet\Java when running the latest version of our installer.
This is available now and you are encouraged to update to this version at your convenience. See instructions below.
Why did we make this change?
Starting with the April
2019 update, Oracle JDK 8 will have commercial use restrictions. For details on these restrictions please
visit: https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6b9aa8d6d244
Attach Plus has used the pre-April 2019 versions of the Oracle Java Runtime, so
none of our customers are in violation of the license, however, we felt that it
was important to move to a different Java distribution that does not involve a
commercial use restriction. We have settled on the Liberica JDK
open-source distribution of the Java runtime. The Liberica distribution
license has no commercial use restrictions and is ok to use with any of
Trumpet's products.
When you next install AttachPlus, it will switch to using the private Liberica
Java installation, after which it is safe to uninstall the Oracle Java
installation (unless you have other software that relies on the Oracle Java
runtime, in which case you should reach out to the software provider for their
plan).
Installation instructions
- Right Click on the AttachPlus icon in the system tray by the clock and choose "Settings"
- Select the "Updates" tab
- Select “Check Nowâ€
- This will redirect you to the AttachPlus website
- Select the "Download" button
- Run the installer accepting all defaults
If AttachPlus requires a newer version
of Java, it will download and install it automatically. Note that this
also allows AttachPlus to ensure that the version of Java we use is not old.
This Java installation is used only by AttachPlus and/or Trumpet's other
applications - no other applications will use it.
If there are no non-Trumpet applications on the machine that use
Java, it is safe to uninstall the Oracle Java from the machine.