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by cpburns2009 2773 days ago
Yes, but it's really GPLv2 with the classpath exception [1] which makes it similar to the LGPLv2. Amazon's OpenJDK still has to be GPL. However, software using the OpenJDK can be licensed however you want (because of the classpath exception) [2].

[1]: https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html

[2]: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/119436/69573