With the need to reduce Oracle Java costs, customers are looking at using more of OpenJDK. The question OpenJDK versus Oracle JDK is s indeed a crucial point that needs clarity in the minds of IT leaders.
What are the differences between Oracle JDK and OpenJDK?
- Oracle JDK is Oracle’s version of OpenJDK
- OpenJDK is an open source project that is maintained by the OpenJDK community. Oracle, IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft and many others (corporates & individuals) are members of the community.
- OpenJDK gets releases first.
- Oracle uses OpenJDK to release their Oracle JDK
- OpenJDK is supported by third-parties
- Oracle JDK is supported by Oracle
- OpenJDK is licensed through GPL2 with Class Path exception
- Oracle JDK is licensed by BCLA, OTN for Java, NFTC and other Oracle commercial license agreements.
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