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Re:Mono Relicensed as MIT by yulaow on Thursday March 31, 2016 @03:17PM (#11399797)
Why? The license problem is only related to the oracle java implementation. The OpenJDK implementation has not any related problem, and, honestly, performs already far better than the oracle one (and I think it will improve even faster now that Google will use it for Android).
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Re:Mono Relicensed as MIT by teh64 on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:13PM (#11400593)
OracleJDK is just OpenJDK plus a few propriety bits like Web Start and Web Plugins, (and I think Java Flight Recorder). OpenJDK is the reference implementation since Java 7. Source: http://openjdk.java.net/faq/

>Is Oracle JDK based on OpenJDK?

>Yes. Oracle JDK is based on the OpenJDK source code. In addition, it contains closed-source components. The final result is licensed under a Binary Code License.

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Re:Mono Relicensed as MIT by coldtea on Thursday March 31, 2016 @03:28PM (#11399879)
>The license problem is only related to the oracle java implementation. The OpenJDK implementation has not any related problem

Including the APIs?

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Re:Mono Relicensed as MIT by rdtsc on Thursday March 31, 2016 @09:54PM (#11402032)
Except the problems is many projects I ended up building would recommend and claim support only for Oracle downloaded JDK packages. Some explicitly claimed they do not supposed OpenJDK, claiming stuff would crash or be slow in that case.
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