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Java wasn’t open source at all from the beginning.

• hackerqwe 5mo ago
  And the binaries, the default sdk when using java, i.e. oracle jdk, is still not open source, encumbered with a mine field of legalese. For a long time it also included malware as ask toolbar. Stay away.
• pjmlp 5mo ago
  No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs. One of the reasons why it took off.