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afroboy on Feb 3, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle's Newest Audit Tactic: Focusing on Java

No it isn't, OpenJDK is literally same as Oracle JDK and anyone can even fork it if you want unlike C#.

bpicolo on Feb 3, 2019 [–]

> Unlike C#

How do you figure? The Csharp compiler is Apache licensed.

https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/License.txt

j16sdiz on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

Like java, the real problem is the runtime.

nicoburns on Feb 3, 2019 | | | [–]

The C# runtime is also open source: https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr

bpicolo on Feb 3, 2019 | | | [–]

Microsoft started open sourcing the heck out of the C# ecosystem a few years back, so the whole shebang is open source now.

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