In a continuous effort to make Oracle technologies more accessible to the developer community, we are happy to announce today the removal of the click-through license agreement and the relicensing of Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) under the Oracle Free Use Terms and Conditions (FUTC) license.

This change follows the path of the already relicensed Oracle Database 18c Express Edition (February 2020) and Oracle SQLcl command-line interface (May 2021).

What does this license change mean?

With the Oracle Free Use Terms and Conditions license, users will no longer have to click on a "license agreement" box on the website prior to download. Instead, the binaries will be openly accessible on the web and can be downloaded directly via the following URLs:

• APEX: https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/apex/apex-latest.zip
• ORDS: https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/java/ords/ords-latest.zip

This makes it easier than ever to consume these technologies directly, in an automated fashion, or in a CI/CD environment.

For a full list of the rights of the FUTC license, see either the license file within the software archive itself or here: https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/oracle-free-license.html

Oracle continues its commitment to the community and will base future releases of APEX and ORDS under the Free Use Terms and Conditions license as well.

About APEX

Using APEX, developers can quickly develop and deploy compelling apps that solve real problems and provide immediate value. You won't need to be an expert in a vast array of technologies to deliver sophisticated solutions. Focus on solving the problem and let APEX take care of the rest.

Get in touch with the APEX community at https://oracle.com/apex, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About ORDS

Oracle REST Data Services bridges HTTPS and your Oracle Database. A mid-tier Java application, ORDS provides a Database Management REST API, SQL Developer Web, a PL/SQL Gateway, SODA for REST, and the ability to publish RESTful Web Services for interacting with the data and stored procedures in your Oracle Database.

Get in touch with the ORDS community at https://www.oracle.com/rest and Twitter.