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OpenJDK
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Also known as jdk

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.

Key facts

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Source code

Link to the source-code README · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Instance of
utility software
Official website
openjdk.org
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programmed in
Java
software version identifier
26
source code repository URL
hg.openjdk.org/jdk/jdk
mailing list archive URL
mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.oftc.net/openjdk
inception
2007-05-08
Sources (10)

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • 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==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OpenJDK” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.