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How real is this and what impact, if any, would this have on server apps that run on a JVM? There's tons of them, many of which bundle a copy of the JVM in the app itself. The latter is the suggested deployment model in containers (i.e. bundle all your dependencies).

Also, would using OpenJDK remove any "Get your ass sued by Oracle" risk or just defer it to a later date?

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It seems like all the features that require a license are those that require launching the Oracle JVM with `-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures`. If you're not running with this flag enabled you should be fine. Note that those features are not in OpenJDK to begin with.

Absolutely. By all means bundle the JVM because it is a dependency, but do not bundle Oracle's JVM/jre in your container images.

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