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Oracle / licensing edit: IIRC the official Java runtime auto-update happily upgraded to not-even-free-as-in-beer pretty nonchalantly. https://news.ycombinator
by password4321 4y ago
Oracle / licensing
edit: IIRC the official Java runtime auto-update happily upgraded to not-even-free-as-in-beer pretty nonchalantly.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28543265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28543265 (2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20799424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20799424 (2019)
- anotherrandom 4y agoI don't understand this complaint anymore. Hotspot and OpenJDK are all GPL, licensing and Oracle aren't worries at this point
- chrisseaton 4y agoIt's GPL with the 'classpath exception' so that you're even exempt from the GPL the you link. Seems pretty good licensing? Do you prefer even more permissive than that?
- mahmoudimus 4y agoThis is no longer a real reason. It's licensed as GPL with a "classpath exception." That's pretty permissive and this article[0] does a pretty good job of explaining some questions you may have. [0]: https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/top-9-gpl-with-the-classpath-exception-questions-answered/ https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/top-9-gpl-with-the-classp...