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> So why would anybody "accept the Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for Java SE"?

Anybody who wants Oracle commercial support:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/community/open...

Oracle's Commercial Distribution of the JDK

People who want the benefits of commercial support and predictability can choose to use Oracle's commercial distribution of the Java SE JDK or JRE. Oracle's commercial JDK releases will be built from the open-source code, for the most part. Since there's some encumbered code in the JDK, Oracle will continue to use that code in commercial releases until it is replaced by fully-functional open-source alternatives. To learn more about development and deployment support options, visit the Java Support site.



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