Oracle Java licensing

Oracle has managed  to create panic and confusion across the IT world with recent Java licensing and support announcements.

Java stopped providing public updates to earlier version of Java - forcing them to sign up for support subscriptions to get updates.

One of the main issues for IT organisations is that nobody ever read the licence agreement every time they downloaded Java from Oracle!  Nobody takes the time to read, let alone SAVE the document as proof for a later date.   So now that Oracle has changed the terms, who can go back and prove that they are using Java under a previous version of the agreement?
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• Is your Java use included in another licence? (eg. Weblogic, IAS, FMW, E-Business Suite etc)
• Are you using commercial features of Java?
• Are you using Oracle Java, or another distribution? (IBM, OpenJDK)
• Determine what 'General use' means for your organisation
• Is Java running on VMWare? ugh.. back to that again!

Oracle no longer lets clients just purchase Java, no questions asked.  They now insist of 'reviewing' the environment,.  Speak to a 3rd party to get advice before doing that, it is well worth the investment.