Did the terms of the emulators they ripped off allow them to? Not saying it’s morally okay.
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Did the terms of the emulators they ripped off allow them to? Not saying it’s morally okay.
A practical approach would be looking at CVEs for both, but more CVEs doesn’t necessarily mean something was more insecure before.
That helps put it into perspective. That’s not nearly as out of date as people make it seem.
If you’re not a Java dev (and don’t see it often) a good way to remember it is that “adopt openjdk” was the original name of the project when Oracle changed their terms back in 2019. The idea was to get people to “adopt” openjdk instead of Oracle jdk. The name of the project changed due to trademarks but it’ll get you close enough when you search for it lol.
Adoptium (formerly AdoptOpenJDK) is a good place to get Java builds. https://adoptium.net/marketplace/?os=linux
It’s too late. The trust is gone. They had a good thing and it’s over.
Yessss this program is amazing. One of the few things I’ve donated to.