Java SE 9 comes with more than 150 new features, including the long awaited, much debated module system, as well as improvements designed, Oracle says, to bring more scalability, improved security, ...

On January 23, Oracle replaced its former Java SE and Java SE Desktop subscription with a new Java SE Universal subscription that changes the licensing model to a per employee metric from licenses ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Java SE 13 is generally available along with new programs to attract more developers to the Oracle cloud and Linux platforms. Java SE 13 (JDK 13), t he latest version of the Java ...

Released Java 9 also introduced a new versioning scheme. This scheme is based on JEP 223 and was intended for future releases of the Java platform itself. However, almost immediately after the release ...

Oracle’s pricing change: Targeted licensing to blanket fee In January 2023, Oracle overhauled its Java licensing model by launching the Java SE Universal Subscription, shifting from traditional ...

While Oracle states that the new Java SE Universal Subscription will remove the need to count desktops and servers, Gartner said it is not yet clear if this compliance-targeting will decrease.

Oracle states that Java SE versions released prior to 16 April 2019 are the only versions licensed under the BCL licence. It is no longer used for new releases.