Do I have to pay to use JBoss EAP in production?

[goth8]

Hi everybody !

I'm working with a indutrial middleware (a MES, this tool is a kind of toolbox to build manufacturing applications) which has to be deployed on a JBoss EAP 4.3CP02.

I don't understand how it works to use JBoss EAP. Do I need to have a subscription ?

On redhat website, we can download a "30 days trial versions", but this version is still working after few month. Does it mean that I can have access to redhat support only for 30 days ? Or do I have to uninstall this version after 30 days ?

For example, If I buy a 1 year subscription, does it mean that I have only one year support, or does it mean that I will have to uninstall JBoss after 1 year ?

I really don't understand this system of subscription :'(

I don't know if it's the good place for this topic, so please forgive if it is not

Thanks by advance

[jdoyle]

You can run it, it's open source.  But you won't get support and perhaps more critically you won't get patches.  EAP 4.3CP02 is pretty specific, if you didn't get that version from you trial version you might not get support from you MES provider.  And if they move versions to get some fix, you won't be able to get it.

Here are the details on the subscription

http://www.jboss.com/products/community-enterprise/

http://www.jboss.com/services/subscriptions/

[goth8]

Thanks a lot for your answer John, that's what I expected