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by bzzzt 1217 days ago
Sun did release their Java implementation under GPL in 2006. There are lots of OpenJDK builds from different companies so you don't have to touch anything 'Oracle' to use Java.
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pjmlp 1217 days ago
Except the tiny detail that OpenJDK code is mostly written by Oracle anyway.

So are you suggesting to be stuck using Java 6 version?

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PedroBatista 1215 days ago
So a for loop written by those evil Oracle fingers is different than one written by some majestic employee of a virtuous company that saves the World on a weekly basis like a child’s cartoon?

Java is a tool that started long before Oracle acquired Sun, it’s open source and actually more open than most languages due to their governance and other powerful players involved.

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bzzzt 1215 days ago
The OpenJDK project releases all Java code under a GPL license. You can make use of Java 19 without having any kind of relation with Oracle.
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