jboss - 没有支持许可证，我可以使用JBoss EAP 6吗？

Question

JBoss应用程序平台有2个发行版，一个社区和一个企业版本，社区版本就像企业版本的Beta版本一样，JBoss 7.0则实际上是EAP 6 beta 1、7.0.1是beta 2、7.1.0是beta 3和7.1。 1是rc 1。

JBoss AS 7.1.2和7.1.3会发生什么？这是一个非常有用的链接:http://henk53.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/the-curious-case-of-jboss-as-7-1-2-and-7-1-3/

所以我的问题是:是否可以在没有支持许可证的情况下使用JBoss EAP 6？

可从access.redhat.com/downloads下载，您必须从中单击“评估和演示”，然后单击“JBoss企业应用程序平台评估”。

我已经读到JBoss EAP仍然是开源的，您可以自由使用它，但前提是您必须从源代码编译它，这不是一件容易的事，也不是他们希望的。

因此，如果我在生产中使用从“评估和演示”中下载的版本，这是非法的吗？

Answer 1

TLDR；是的，无需支持订阅即可使用，但是不能，如果您只是下载最新的EAP二进制文件，则不允许在生产环境中使用它。

这里有三种情况供您考虑如何在没有支持订阅的情况下运行JBoss EAP，其中两种还允许生产使用:

1.开发使用

您可以将任何JBoss EAP二进制版本用于开发目的，而无需付费订阅。您不会以这种方式获得补丁或支持，也无法在生产中运行它。从"Downloads for Development Use":

To download JBoss EAP you must have an account. You also need to accept the terms and conditions of the JBoss Developer Program which provides $0 subscriptions for development use only.

2. EAP 6.x alpha版本

所有Alpha版本(例如JBoss EAP 6.1 Alpha)都可以以任何方式或形式免费使用，也可以在生产中使用。从 this message:

The 6.1 Alpha binary is made available for free (both for development and production use) to the entire community.

和 this thread:

This development restriction, however, does not apply to EAP alpha releases. EAP alpha releases may be ran in production if you so desire. As to their quality, 6.1.0.Alpha is of equivalent quality to a community final release. However, the Alpha is where the extensive testing and hardening begins, so we recommend GA or later for production if you are interested in using EAP.

这也可以通过在 JBoss FAQ中输入来确认，即

Q: If EAP 6.1.0.Alpha is the same as community 7.2.0.Final, why is it called Alpha? A: EAP has a much more conservative and rigid release hardening process, including extensive quality testing and partner certification. Historically every EAP release starts from our most recent community final, and then releases in stages as this hardening work is performed. The first EAP stage Alpha is of equivalent, or better, quality to a community Final release.

Q. Are there any restrictions on how I can use EAP 6.1.0 Alpha? A. No – it has the same license and terms as AS releases however as it's an Alpha release we don't recommend using it in production.

这两个redhat知识库文章证实了EAP 6.3.Alpha还可以供所有人在生产环境中运行(仅对付费订户可见):

"Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.3 Alpha Availability"

"Using JBoss EAP alpha version in production without support subscription"

编辑:现在约翰·道尔， Senior Manager responsible for Red Hat JBoss EAP 6， confirmed

The earlier statements about EAP 6.1 Alpha apply to all EAP 6 Alpha releases. They can be run in production.

3.自编译版本

EAP也可以作为源发行版使用，如果您自己编译它们，并删除任何Red Hat商标，则在生产中运行它们应该是合法的。当然，您完全可以依靠自己来支持他们。为了简化编译，在 this github account上有一个脚本，使用该脚本构建自己的EAP就像

git clone git://github.com/hasalex/eap-build.git
cd eap-build
./build-eap.sh

有关详细信息，请参见项目自述文件。关于 one of its issues的构建的法律状态也进行了扩展讨论，它指的是WildFly项目负责人 statement by Jason Greene，他说合法使用产品的一种方法是

3. Self build and support EAP - You get some of the benefits of the enterprise releases (e.g. patches to older major versions and so on), but you have to invest time and energy to build and maintain/verify your app server distribution bits.