>Even using OpenJDK is a sword of damocles waiting to fall.

No, it really isn't. Honestly, people seem to go to great lengths of talking nonsense to discredit Java. There are many reasons to not like a language, and that is absolutely fine. But there is no point talking nonsense about it when you could just... not use it.

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Foomf 3 days ago | parent [-]

I was under the impression that openjdk changes licenses once a new version comes out. That's why the parent comment said "the only downside to openjdk is you have to upgrade every half year", right?

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vips7L 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

No they said that because builds of the OpenJdk codebase by the OpenJdk team are only supported for 6 months until the next version comes out.

Builds of the OpenJdk codebase by other vendors are supported for other lengths of time.

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monkeyelite 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t think someone can revoke your gpl licensed software you already have.

	▲	voxic11 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Check out 17 U.S.C. §203 and §304. I think it's possible to revoke the license after 35 years (at least in the US).