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Comment by littlecranky67

10 hours ago

Java wasn’t open source at all from the beginning.

And the binaries, the default sdk when using java, i.e. oracle jdk, is still not open source, encumbered with a mine field of legalese. For a long time it also included malware as ask toolbar. Stay away.

No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs.

One of the reasons why it took off.