# Provide JDKs via Docker

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/provide-jdks-via-docker/3922>\
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**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/provide-jdks-via-docker/3922 "2019-06-26T13:11:40Z")\
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[AFAICS, the main concern is what Oracle licensing allows](https://travis-ci.community/t/install-of-openjdk11-is-failing/1914/6).

I cannot find a concrete answer to that at [https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html) and [https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html). The BCL only explicitly allows to _“reproduce and use internally the Software complete and unmodified for the sole purpose of running Programs”._ Whether providing a commercial service with JDK tools themselves qualifies as that under applicable law is something to ask their legal department.

That said, the BCL does allow redistribution, so if Oracle didn’t C&D them for installing the JDK on the fly, having it in the images shouldn’t make much of a difference since the service is essentially the same. This does make it harder for Oracle to cut the service to Travis if they wish to, so if this is actually a legally grey area, this may make a difference.

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