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Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability by ajoberstar on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:31AM (#30767300)
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see that called out anywhere. I don't believe that's true anymore, but correct me if I'm wrong.

For reference I double checked here: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

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Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability by wccrawford on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:51AM (#30767577)
There used to be really prominent banners telling you about it. I don't see them now, but I'm also not sure they switched back. Here's an article I found explaining the switch to requiring paid usage.

https://blog.netwrix.com/2021/12/02/oracle-java-license-chan...

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Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability by Someone on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:10PM (#30767852)
I think that’s the switch (somewhat) _away_ from paid usage.

https://itassetalliance.com/blog-posts/what-do-oracles-2021-... says there was a change in 2019 that made critical security updates a paid feature.

The 2021 license change reverted this somewhat, by giving you one year of security fixes for free in the long term support versions (I’m sure I’m missing some detail, if not completely misinterpreting things, here)

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