This is a reason of why we should avoid using Oracle Java, especially for commercial purposes and in-use for enterprise purposes, and we can see here, its also cost for education institutional too.

Java is still free, but just avoiding using Oracle Java. Oracle providing OpenJDK for free too, but guess, there are third-party 'forks' which seems is more better. Here's the website you can consult: https://whichjdk.com/ and the author of that website recommends: Adoptium Temurin, Azul Zulu, Bellsoft Liberica, & Amazon Corretto.

Personally, Im stick to using Amazon Corretto 😅

More references:

• https://oraclejavalicensing.com/oracle-java-licensing-explained/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61335109/what-is-the-difference-between-azul-openjdk-zulu-openjdk-and-openjdk/61337953#61337953
• https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-3-0-0-ocrt-2021-bca75c88d23b

Skipping past the usual deserved 'fuck Oracle', what reason do universities (or most organisations for that matter) have to ever use Oracle's Java? The likes of OpenJDK seem to provide identical functionality for anyone who isn't specifically supporting Oracle Java customers, and I doubt unis are raising many JDK bugs that warrant paying for support.

"[...] In exchange for a waiver of fees accrued since 2023"

Sounds like Oracle got them with the good 'ol "buy an even bigger license or we'll sue you"

they are tons of cheaper and free java vendors. There is little reason to choose Oracle’s

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