Topic

Java licensing

The license terms under which Java runtimes and JDK builds are distributed, including Oracle's commercial and no-fee terms and the open-source OpenJDK licenses.

Current clusters

build1 publisher

Unpinned Oracle JDK 21 images will install the first paid build after October 20

Oracle's October 20 patch makes JDK 21.0.13 the first JDK 21 build that needs a paid subscription for production use. Any image that tracks the latest Oracle build installs it on its next patch run, and the bill is counted per employee.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence50