OpenJDK & Eclipse Adoptium

In the last few years there have been many rumors in the Java community about the new Java roadmap and Oracle’s changed licensing terms. Today you can no longer simply download your Java Runtime from Oracle and use it on your own company servers but have to choose between different providers. One of these runtime providers is Eclipse Adoptium. But who or what is behind Eclipse Adoptium and how do their Java distributions and licenses differ from other providers? And what does AdoptOpenJDK have to do with it? As a working group member and committer of Adoptium, I will give an overview of the origin and intention of Eclipse Adoptium and show how a large community-based project for the free reuse of Java has emerged. Of course, questions about security and future-proofing of Adoptium will also be addressed. Additionally I will show the current and future goals of the project and also give ideas how interested participants can participate and contribute to the project.

Hendrik Ebbers

Hendrik Ebbers

Hendrik is a Java Champion, JSR expert group member and JavaOne Rockstar. Hendrik is a co-founder of Karakun AG and lives in Dortmund, Germany. He is the founder and leader of the Java User Group Dortmund and gives talks and presentations in user groups and conferences. His JavaFX book “Mastering JavaFX 8 Controls” was released in 2014 by Oracle press. Hendrik is a member of the AdoptOpenJDK TSC and represents the Karakun AG in the Steering Committee of the Eclipse Adoptium WG.

 

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