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OpenJDK is the specification implementation. A huge amount of the OpenJDK development is paid for by Oracle (And others).
by ecshafer 1y ago
OpenJDK is the specification implementation. A huge amount of the OpenJDK development is paid for by Oracle (And others).
- reactordev 1y ago[flagged]
- dialogbox 1y agoWhy do you think a good steward shouldn't have a financial interest?
- Twirrim 1y agoWhat rug pull do you picture could happen at this stage? OpenJDK is the reference spec. Fully open source. Stewarded by multiple companies. Even if Oracle somehow managed to force the whole thing closed source (not sure that's even possible?) you've got all the other contributors who'd "hell no", fork and away you go. Which version of Java do you think the community would go with? There's no way it'd work.