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OpenJDK is unofficially ported and built for numerous platforms. But OpenJDK is Oracle's JDK. To contribute to it, you sign Oracle's contributor's license agree

by logn 12y ago

OpenJDK is unofficially ported and built for numerous platforms. But OpenJDK is Oracle's JDK. To contribute to it, you sign Oracle's contributor's license agreement. Oracle's no golden example as a leader in open source (let alone libre software), but they demonstrate the probable trajectory for the Microsoft projects at this point: a healthy, cohesive community of developers (developers!) using the technology in an ever increasing number of projects and platforms.

pjmlp 12y ago
> But OpenJDK is Oracle's JDK Not quite. There is some code that isn't the same due to license agreements with third parties. Some JavaFX components are an example thereof. There are also some enterprise features there are only available in the Oracle JVM version, in terms of security and monitoring.