[kictanet] Java - what's changing

[Odhiambo Washington]

This change of policy on Java has been communicated by Oracle for months
now.
The thing is, Java has never been Open Source and the fact that they have
decided monetize their software isn't strange - at least not to me:-)

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 11:40, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
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> Open Source becoming closed source.. Why doesn't Oracle simply come out
> and tell us what it that cryptic message means?
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