- - “Oracle will provide these free releases and updates starting with Oracle JDK 17 <https://www.oracle.com/javadownload> and continue for one full year after the next LTS release <https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/moving-the-jdk-to-a-two-year-lts-cadence>. Prior versions are not affected by this change.”
How much of your software needs to run for one year only? Gj On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 19:35, Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> wrote: > JDK 17 is out. > > And there was this interesting development. > > https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/free-java-license > > Top two bullet points: > > + Oracle is making the industry leading Oracle JDK available for free, > including all quarterly security updates. This includes commercial and > production use. > > + The new license is the "Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions" (NFTC) > license. This license for the Oracle JDK permits free use for all users, > even commercial and production use. Redistribution is permitted as long as > it is not for a fee. > > So, I thought this was interesting news. > > Regards, > > Will Hartung > >
