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by littlecranky67 26 days ago
Java wasn’t open source at all from the beginning.
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hackerqwe 26 days ago
And the binaries, the default sdk when using java, i.e. oracle jdk, is still not open source, encumbered with a mine field of legalese. For a long time it also included malware as ask toolbar. Stay away.
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pjmlp 26 days ago
No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs.

One of the reasons why it took off.

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