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Sign in to saveOpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006, four years before the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. The implementation is licensed under the GNU General Public License 2 with a linking exception, preventing components that linked to the Java Class Library becoming subject to the terms of the GPL license. OpenJDK is the official reference implementation of Java SE since version 7, and is the most popular distribution of the JDK.
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- Software.name
- OpenJDK
- Software.logo
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- Software.author
- Sun Microsystems
- Software.developer
- Oracle, OpenJDK and Java Community, Red Hat, Azul Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, SAP
- Software.operating system
- Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Microsoft Windows, OpenIndiana, OpenVMS; several other ports in progress
- Software.programming language
- C++ and Java
- Software.genre
- Java development kit
- Software.license
- GPL-2.0-only with linking exception
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Sun's promise and initial release
- Release of the class library
- Community improvements
- Collaboration with IBM, Apple, and SAP
- Components
- OpenJDK versions
- OpenJDK builds
- IcedTea and inclusion in software distributions
- See also
- References
- External links
OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006, four years before the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. The implementation is licensed under the GNU General Public License 2 with a linking exception, preventing components that linked to the Java Class Library becoming subject to the terms of the GPL license. OpenJDK is the official reference implementation of Java SE since version 7, and is the most popular distribution of the JDK.
==History==