2.18 Please provide a description of the business terms for the Specification, RI and TCK that will apply when this JSR is final.

Pursuant to Section 2.2.1 of the Java Community Process version 2.6, the following is a summary of Sun's anticipated principal license terms and conditions for the JSR, Java Persistence API, version 2.0. The business terms for the Java Persistence API, version 2.0 have not changed from those for the Java Persistence API, version 1.0 and they impose no new restrictions.

In addition to delivering the Reference Implementation (RI) and TCK pursuant to existing contractual obligations, if and where applicable, Sun terms will be:

The Java Persistence API, version 2.0 Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) will be available both as a standalone TCK and included as part of the Java EE 6 Compatibility Test Suite (CTS). The Java Persistence API, version 2.0 Reference Implementation (RI) will be available both separately and as part of the Java EE 6 RI.

Non-Commercial Use

As required by the Java Specification Participation Agreement (JSPA), the Java Persistence API, version 2.0 TCK will be licensed at no charge without support to qualified not-for-profit entities. Such qualification will be verified by the Compatibility Testing Scholarship Program. Support may also be provided at no charge with approval of the scholarship board. For more information, please refer to: http://java.sun.com/scholarship/.

The RI will be available at no cost under an open source license.

Commercial Use

Covers all use that doesn't fall under "Non-Commercial Use" above.

Java Persistence API, version 2.0 Java Licensee Engineering (JLE) support, available for a fee not to exceed $50k, is required for commercial use for each Marketed Product* which implements the Java Persistence API, version 2.0 specification. TCK JLE support includes access, updates and upgrades to the TCK at no additional charge.

Java Persistence API, version 2.0 RI and TCK JLE and marketing support will be made available at no extra charge to Java EE licensees under their Java EE business terms.

The RI will also be made available at no cost under an open source license for commercial use.

For purposes of these terms:

Marketed Product is intended to describe a licensee's product that has its own differentiation and marketing collateral. It may comprise one price list entry, or in some cases multiple entries (for example, to account for different localizations or delivery packaging). By way of example, in terms of Sun's product line we wouldn't consider Sun's Java Application Server to be a Marketed Product, but Sun's Java Application Server Platform Edition, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition are 3 Marketed Products. Sun's Java Studio Enterprise is a fourth Marketed Product.