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That is not how it works. You can download the Oracle JDK and use it forever, commercially, for free. You just won't get updates backported to your version unl
by sdinsn 8y ago
That is not how it works.
You can download the Oracle JDK and use it forever, commercially, for free. You just won't get updates backported to your version unless you pay for long term support.
- spydum 8y agoFind that in writing. Everything I read says jdk 8 is the last free Oracle jdk.
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- kjeetgill 8y agoThen read the article you're commenting on?
- spydum 8y agoI did. Here is the money quote: Firstly, it is not clear that there will be an Oracle JDK that is $free to download. Despite my best attempts, I could not get 100% clarity on this point, but see also this tweet.
- MBCook 8y agoOracle has never announced that they’re charging for their JDK. In all the talk over this stuff over the last few years they’ve never said that. They’ve been quite clear that it will still be free to download. The only change is that free security patches will now be limited to six months after a release.
- RandomInteger4 8y agohttps://react-etc.net/entry/oracle-to-stop-providing-a-free-java-jdk-with-long-term-support-lts https://react-etc.net/entry/oracle-to-stop-providing-a-free-... "This is as in many other projects, except it seems that releases of the LTS version, dubbed to be Oracle JDK, will no longer be free. This means that companies looking to stay on a specific version for more than six months would need to get updates from a commercial operator or apply patches from later free OpenJDK versions manually."