Is Java OpenJDK free for commercial use?

Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial, or production use without a commercial license, as Oracle announced. However, OpenJDK is completely open source and can be used it freely.

Is OpenJDK Java safe?

In general, using OpenJDK should be safe from “Oracle Java Licensing fee”, unless Oracle attempts to enforce their field-of-use restrictions on the usage of OpenJDK, which would be hard for them to defend in court (since it would violate the GPL license that the OpenJDK uses.)

Does OpenJDK require a license?

Guidance. The OpenJDK source code is available free-of-cost per its GNU GPL+linking exception license. Several vendors provide releases based on that OpenJDK source code. They can do so free-of-cost or they can charge a fee or set other licensing terms, as long as they abide by the GNU GPL+linking exception licensing.

Is OpenJDK owned by Oracle?

Both OpenJDK and Oracle JDK are created and maintained currently by Oracle only. OpenJDK and Oracle JDK are implementations of the same Java specification passed the TCK (Java Technology Certification Kit).

Is OpenJDK legal?

OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006. The implementation is licensed under the GPL-2.0-only with a linking exception.

What is the difference between OpenJDK and Oracle Java?

The biggest difference between OpenJDK and Oracle JDK is licensing. OpenJDK is completely open source Java with a GNU General Public License. Oracle JDK requires a commercial license under Oracle Binary Code License Agreement. But there are many other differences within support and cost, too.

Is OpenJDK 11 free?

Oracle’s OpenJDK (open source) – you can use this for free in any environment, like any open source library.

How much does OpenJDK cost?

The OpenJDK build from Oracle is $free, GPL licensed (with Classpath exception so safe for commercial use), and provided alongside their commercial offering. It will only have 6 months of security patches, after that Oracle intends you to upgrade to Java 12 . Download $free Java from Oracle here .

What is OpenJDK and Oracle JDK?

OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java Standard Edition platform with contribution from Oracle and the open Java community. OpenJDK is released under license GPL v2 wherein Oracle JDK is licensed under Oracle Binary Code License Agreement. Actually, Oracle JDK’s build process builds from OpenJDK source code.

What is the license for Oracle JDK?

Starting with Java 11, Oracle will provide JDK releases under the open source GNU General Public License v2, with the Classpath Exception (GPLv2+CPE), and under a commercial license for those using the Oracle JDK as part of an Oracle product or service, or who do not wish to use open source software.

Does Oracle have any licensing fees for Java?

Oracle does not have licensing fees on the commercial applications that use Java. The idea behind OpenJDK was to avoid using a small kernel of code in the JVM that Oracle made non open source. They made the entire source code available to all to study, but not to avoid fees.