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by flembat 1109 days ago
I was excited for a while.. Reading the license FAQ is worthwhile, it discusses what seems to be the limited lifetime applicability of the no charge license. As a non lawyer, it is nice that it seems to be legal to write and run your own software in your own home or business using it, but it does not explicitly allow you to even publish an application for others. It would be useful if Oracle would clearly allow developers to publish applications created with it, and give it a three year or longer supported term, so we know it won't morph into very expensive enterprise software while we rely on it. I don't doubt Graal is awesome, but if no one uses it, it remains just a lab research toy forever.