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Java style guide: link to Eclipse Temurin website
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This was discussed at the July 2024 Java community meeting.
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Recent versions of the [Oracle JDK can be used free of charge](https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/no-fee-license.html) for commercial and production purposes under the terms of a bespoke licence. OpenJDK is open source under the [GPLv2 with the Classpath Exception](https://openjdk.org/legal/gplv2+ce.html) but Oracle only provide general-availability [OpenJDK builds](https://jdk.java.net/) for the latest release.

The [Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/) (formerly AdoptOpenJDK) project (part of the [Eclipse Foundation](https://www.eclipse.org/)) provides fully open-source TCK-certified pre-built OpenJDK binaries under the name Eclipse Temurin. For LTS releases (such as Java 8, 11, 17 and 21), Adoptium have committed to releasing free updates for several years.
The [Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/) (formerly AdoptOpenJDK) project (part of the [Eclipse Foundation](https://www.eclipse.org/)) provides fully open-source TCK-certified pre-built OpenJDK binaries under the name [Eclipse Temurin](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/adoptium.temurin). For LTS releases (such as Java 8, 11, 17 and 21), Adoptium have committed to releasing free updates for several years.

In addition, Temurin has benefits such as being available in package repositories, having friendly installers for desktop use, and offering ready-made [Docker images containing OpenJDK](https://hub.docker.com/_/eclipse-temurin). It’s easy to [install Temurin on your computer](https://adoptium.net/en-GB/installation/) for development purposes using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or similar.

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