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brown9-2 on Sept 27, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The future of Java and OpenJDK updates without Ora...

The “free” Oracle JDK is also coming with a license that limits its usage, which is what the parent poster is referring to.

repolfx on Sept 27, 2018 [–]

Yes but my point is (and I do think their branding is dumb here), there's no difference between Oracle JDK and OpenJDK anymore except the name.

Simple rule: if it has "Oracle" in the front now, you have to pay to use it in production. If it has "Open" you don't.

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