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I interpret this that if you want more then 3 years of security issues fixes you have to pay, it is similar on how other companies charge for extended support, if you don't like it you update faster.

But what is your opinion, everything should be free for big companies to use and then who pays the developers? Even in Linux world you need to pay to get extended LTS support.

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Maybe the author meant continued updates. But they said continued use.

The person you replied to didn't say anything against paying for support.

I read it as after three years the Oracle JDK cannot be used any longer without a license, there is no option to continue using it in production without support.

Reminds me of the free for non commercial use VirtualBox plugin that makes itself super easy to install by random endusers, and then phones home so that enforcement on the sales side is almost automated.

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