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Why will Sun continue to offer the JDK and Java ME sources under a commercial license?

April 26, 2017Commercial Continue Java JDK license Offer sources Sun

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Why will Sun continue to offer the JDK and Java ME sources under a commercial license?

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Sun has commercial obligations towards its licensees which of course we will continue to satisfy after the code base is open sourced. Sun will continue to work with licensees who want to distribute derivatives of Sun’s implementations without the requirement in the GPL to contribute modifications back to the community. Sun’s commercial Java technology distribution licenses require licensees to distribute only compatible implementations as determined by the TCK for relevant Java technologies.