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Since that time, however, two important changes mean that we no longer take this position:
A licensing change means Licensing changes mean that although Oracle's JDK releases are still available for free use by developers, they are no longer in general free for production use.
Note that this situation has again changed as of Java 17, for which Oracle have introduced a new free Java licenseThe exact situation varies depending on Java version, and on the length of time since each version was released. Consult Oracle’s documentation for details about the free Java license and other related matters.
The Oracle JDK and OpenJDK code bases have come much closer together, such that we no longer anticipate large functional differences between the two.
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