[ale] [OT] Java License change

[Scott Plante]

Note that this refers to Java 8, which was released in March 2014. Java 11 is the current release and it a LTS. I'm no fan of Oracle but this isn't as big a deal as some articles make it out to be. 


We use the Oracle JVM sometimes, and OpenJDK more often. The main reason we use OpenJDK is around updates, but not this licensing issue. Getting updates from Oracle is kind of a pain--no repo or auto-update command. You have to go to their website, click through licenses, download it, and then in my case transfer it to the machine in question (since we don't have GUI or browsers installed), install, then update links. Unless I have to use Oracle, a "yum update" or "zypper update" is much handier. 


I've also had very little or no issue running an application on a later version of Java. When I have had trouble, it's usually been someone using unpublished "sun.*" packages developers knew they weren't supposed to use. 


Scott 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Leam Hall via Ale" <ale at ale.org> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 12:29:01 PM 
Subject: [ale] [OT] Java License change 


Hey all, looking for your thoughts on how Oracle's changes to the Java license will affect things. It looks like they are pushing to support contracts for businesses and supposedly users will fall under the gun in 2020. 


Thoughts? 


Leam 
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