[ale] [OT] Java License change

[Solomon Peachy]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:29:01PM -0400, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> Hey all, looking for your thoughts on how Oracle's changes to the Java
> license will affect things. It looks like they are pushing to support
> contracts for businesses and supposedly users will fall under the gun in
> 2020.

Those running on unix-y [1] or open-source platforms will move over 
en-masse to OpenJDK.  Which is already largely the case.  No idea what 
will happen for anyone still deploying Java on top of the likes of 
Windows.

 [1] If you're on Oracle hardware (or using other Oracle software) 
     Oracle already has their hand so far embedded into your treasury
     that it won't really matter all that much.

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy			       pizza at shaftnet dot org
Coconut Creek, FL                          ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^
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