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There is no such thing as a JRE anymore. And even the commercial OracleJDK is free to use (though not libre).

Some people would beg to differ. There are some organizations that have Java desktop apps, some that have kiosks and appliances that run JRE-like environments. There are some that are still on Java 8.

This is what jlink is for.

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