CPS-1026 Hazelcast Licensing

CPS-1026: Hazelcast LicensingClosed

Overview

Version : 4.2.x

Hazelcast has 3 license models.

  • Apache License 2.0

  • Hazelcast Community License

  • Hazelcast Enterprise License

Licenses

License Questions (hazelcast.com)



What we will need



Feature

License

Comment

Feature

License

Comment

Hazelcast Client

Apache 2.0 License

present in hazelcast-all maven artifact

IMDG

Apache 2.0 License

In memory embedded data grid

K8S and Docker Integration

Apache 2.0 License

to be able to run in k8s env.

Spring Module

Apache 2.0 License

to be able to integrate with Spring Boot

Cloud Discovery Plugin

Hazelcast Community Plugin

to be able to use k8s discovery feature to identify other Hazelcast members



Separate Maven Artifacts

We have separate maven artifacts for hazelcast open source and enterprise features. Below are the artifacts for the same.

hazelcast-all
 <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId> <artifactId>hazelcast-all</artifactId> <version>4.2.5</version> </dependency> </dependencies>



hazelcast-enterprise-all
<repositories> <!-- You need to define following repository: --> <repository> <id>Hazelcast Private Release Repository</id> <url>https://repository.hazelcast.com/release/</url> </repository> <!-- Optional repository if you want to use latest snapshots --> <repository> <id>Hazelcast Private Snapshot Repository</id> <url>https://repository.hazelcast.com/snapshot/</url> </repository> </repositories> <dependencies> <!-- You also need to define following dependencies: --> <dependency> <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId> <artifactId>hazelcast-enterprise-all</artifactId> <version>4.2.5</version> </dependency> <!-- Optional dependency for including JavaDoc --> <dependency> <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId> <artifactId>hazelcast-enterprise-all</artifactId> <version>4.2.5</version> <classifier>javadoc</classifier> </dependency> </dependencies>



Hazelcast Community License

The Hazelcast Community License is identical to the Confluent Community License 1.0, which includes an Excluded Purpose designed to prevent service wrapping. 

“Excluded Purpose” is defined in the license as making available any software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service or other similar online service that competes with Hazelcast products or services that provide the software.

The software remains open, or source available, in the Hazelcast GitHub repository



References

https://github.com/hazelcast/

https://hazelcast.com/blog/announcing-the-hazelcast-community-license/

https://hazelcast.com/community-license-faq/

https://hazelcast.com/open-source-projects/downloads/

https://docs.hazelcast.com/imdg/4.2/installation/installing-using-maven