Is Java open source free for commercial use?
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Azul Systems
“OpenJDK is free for commercial use under GPLv2+CE. Oracle JDK is not — Oracle’s 2019 license change made it a paid product for production environments, creating significant licensing liability for organizations that didn’t switch.”
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