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		JAlexoid on Jan 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TeaVM: Build Fast, Modern Web Apps in Java Since Java is free to use and is primarily developed as a GPL software - there are no licensing costs, that you would care about.

andylynch on Jan 31, 2021 [–]

Not if you want to use Oracle's JVM to run something on anything but a laptop or desktop. They will absolutely want you to pay for that and will make sure you do.

kaba0 on Jan 31, 2021 | [–]

But Oracle’s JVM is the exact same as the OpenJDK in terms of functionality - just to clarify it.

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