← Back to context Comment by littlecranky67 10 hours ago Java wasn’t open source at all from the beginning. 2 comments littlecranky67 Reply hackerqwe 9 hours ago 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. pjmlp 9 hours ago No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs.One of the reasons why it took off.
hackerqwe 9 hours ago 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.
pjmlp 9 hours ago No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs.One of the reasons why it took off.
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.