alt Hacker NewsWhat happens to OpenJDK when Oracle dies? That's looking increasingly likely on a 3-5yr horizon.
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tombert • yesterday at 6:03 PM
I don't think Oracle will die, but even entertaining the hypothetical I suspect that some other organization (e.g. Apache) would pick up and maintain a fork.
sandeepkd • yesterday at 6:04 PM
Way too much rides on Java, pretty much every big business has their own customized version of JDK that they support and maintain
cesarb • yesterday at 7:20 PM
The same that happened when Sun died: it gets bought by someone else.
ImJamal • yesterday at 6:17 PM
IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft, SAP, Amazon and others all work on the JDK. They would have to step it up to cover the loss of Oracle's contributions, but I am sure they could manage.
Regardless, your timeframe on Oracle's death seems way too soon.
Probably it would get picked up by someone else (e.g. the Linux Foundation)? It's GPLv2-licensed, so it's not like the code is going to be risky for someone to fork