Terms of Service

1. Who these terms are with

This website, jse-license.com, and the services described on it are operated by Lime Software Ltd ("we", "us", "our", "Lime"), a company registered in England and Wales, trading as JSE-License. These terms apply to your use of this website and to any Java Licensing Risk Review engagement ("the Engagement") you book with us, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

By browsing this site or booking an Engagement, you accept these terms. Where we agree a separate written statement of work or letter of engagement with you for a specific project, and its terms conflict with this page, the separately agreed document takes precedence.

2. Nature of the Engagement

The Java Licensing Risk Review is a professional services engagement — analyst time, judgement, and a written report — not a piece of software sold, licensed, or subscribed to. It typically comprises:

• A deploy call, where we guide your team through running our collection scripts against your own estate, under your own change control;
• Our review of the data your team generates and returns to us;
• A report call, where we walk through an analyst-reviewed compliance report and, where applicable, a 3PTV (3rd Party Tool Vendor) statement;
• Delivery of the written report itself.

The scanning tool (JSE) we use to gather data is our own instrument for carrying out the review, in the same way an auditor uses their own working papers — it is not licensed to you, and you do not acquire any right to use it independently of an Engagement with us.

3. Booking, scope, and fees

Each Engagement is agreed on a fixed, flat fee, confirmed in writing (including by email) before work begins, based on the approximate size of the estate you describe to us. The fee does not vary based on how many assets are ultimately found to be running Java.

If, once collection is under way, the actual scope materially exceeds what was described when the fee was agreed (for example, a significantly larger estate than indicated), we will discuss this with you and agree any change in scope or fee before proceeding further, rather than invoicing for it unilaterally.

Invoices are payable within 30 days of the invoice date unless otherwise agreed in writing. We reserve the right to charge statutory interest on overdue amounts in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

4. Your responsibilities

To allow us to deliver the Engagement, you agree to:

• Run the collection scripts we provide yourself, under your own change control and IT governance — we do not install anything on your systems directly;
• Provide the resulting data to us in a timely manner so the review can proceed;
• Give us accurate information about the rough scale of your estate when we agree the fee;
• Ensure you have the internal authority to commission a scan of the estate in question.

We are not responsible for delays caused by your organisation's own change-control processes, or for issues arising from running the collection scripts outside the guidance we provide.

5. Confidentiality and data handling

Collection is designed so that estate data stays on your own internal storage under your own access controls throughout the deploy phase; nothing is uploaded to a Lime-hosted system or a third-party cloud during collection. Data reaches us only once you choose to share it with us for review.

We treat any data, findings, or information you share with us as confidential, and will not disclose it to any third party — including Oracle — without your consent, except where we are required to by law. We expect the same confidentiality from you regarding any non-public methodology, pricing, or materials we share with you as part of the Engagement.

See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data specifically.

6. Intellectual property

The compliance report and any deliverables we prepare specifically for you as part of an Engagement are yours to use for your own internal purposes, including in discussions with Oracle or other third parties, once paid for in full.

We retain ownership of our own underlying methodology, tools, templates, and any pre-existing materials used to produce your report (including the JSE scanning engine itself). Nothing in an Engagement grants you a licence to use JSE, our report templates, or our methodology independently of an Engagement with us.

7. What the report is, and isn't

The report reflects our analysis of the data collected at the time of the scan, applied to Oracle's published licensing rules as we understand them at that time. It is a professional opinion intended to inform your own decisions — it does not itself create or change your licensing position with Oracle, and it is not submitted to Oracle by us.

Oracle licensing rules, and the facts on the ground in your estate, can both change after the date of the scan. We do not warrant that the report remains accurate beyond the estate and rules in force at the time it was produced, and we are not engaged to monitor your estate on an ongoing basis unless you separately book a re-scan or ongoing service with us.

Any work beyond the Risk Review itself — negotiation support, migration planning, or audit defence — is a separate, specifically scoped and quoted engagement, not included by default.

8. Liability

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded under the laws of England and Wales.

Subject to the above, our total liability to you arising out of or in connection with an Engagement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, is limited to the total fees paid by you for that Engagement. We are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, including loss of profit, business, or opportunity, even where we have been advised such loss was possible.

We are not liable for the consequences of decisions Oracle or any third party makes based on your own actions after receiving the report, or for changes Oracle makes to its licensing terms, pricing, or audit practices after the report is delivered.

9. Cancellation

Either party may cancel a booked Engagement before the deploy call by giving written notice. Once the deploy call has taken place, fees already incurred for work carried out are payable; we will act reasonably in agreeing any partial refund where an Engagement is cancelled part-way through, taking into account the analyst time already committed.

10. Website use

The Cost Exposure Calculator on this site provides an illustrative estimate only, based on Oracle's published list price and headcount figures you enter. It is a starting reference point, not a quote, and does not reflect negotiated rates, existing contracts, or the specific facts of your estate. You should not rely on it as a substitute for a Risk Review or for your own legal or licensing advice.

Content on this site (the Guide, Q&A, Mitigation, and Schedule A/B pages) reflects our understanding of Oracle's published licensing terms at the time of writing and is provided for general information. It is not legal advice, and Oracle's terms and practices can change.

11. Governing law

These terms, and any Engagement entered into under them, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms or an Engagement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time; the "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision. Changes do not apply retroactively to an Engagement already agreed in writing.

13. Contact us

Lime Software Ltd
Email: hello@jse-license.com
Phone: UK +44 161 920 6096 · USA 1 (800) 902-8115