OpenJDK

OpenJDK
Original author(s)Sun Microsystems
Developer(s)Oracle, OpenJDK and Java Community, Red Hat, Azul Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, SAP
Initial releaseMay 8, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05-08)
Stable release
23[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 17 September 2024; 14 days ago (17 September 2024)
Repository
Written inC++ and Java
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, macOS, Microsoft Windows, OpenIndiana, OpenVMS; several other ports in progress
TypeJava development kit
LicenseGPL-2.0-only with linking exception
Websiteopenjdk.org

OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).[2] It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006. 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.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ "OpenJDK homepage". Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Moving to OpenJDK as the official Java SE 7 Reference Implementation".
  4. ^ "Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 Reference Implementations". jdk.java.net.
  5. ^ "Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 Reference Implementations". Archived from the original on November 21, 2015.