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-Firstly the **OpenJDK** trademark policy is problematic. Their trademark license **imposes restrictions** for the **redistribution of modified versions** that making it inconvenient to exercise [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html|freedom 3]]. The [[https://openjdk.java.net/legal/openjdk-trademark-notice.html|OpenJDK Trademark]] says **"changes required", "so long as that work takes place in the context of an approved Project hosted in the OpenJDK Community"**. Therefore everything abranged by Java project (OpenJDK and JVM) cant be **patched and/or modified** without **approval** by the "community".+Firstly the **OpenJDK** trademark policy is problematic. Their trademark license **imposes restrictions** for the **redistribution of modified versions** that making it inconvenient to exercise [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html|freedom 3]]. The [[https://openjdk.java.net/legal/openjdk-trademark-notice.html|OpenJDK Trademark]] says **"changes required", "so long as that work takes place in the context of an approved Project hosted in the OpenJDK Community"**. Therefore everything by Java project (OpenJDK and JVM) can't be **patched and/or modified** without **approval** by the "community".
  
 Secondly, on what comes to security, Java has been one of the most common **infection vectors** for UNIX-based systems. Poor **coding practices in JVM** have resulted in many popular [[https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-3544/|cross-platform exploits]]. Secondly, on what comes to security, Java has been one of the most common **infection vectors** for UNIX-based systems. Poor **coding practices in JVM** have resulted in many popular [[https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-3544/|cross-platform exploits]].