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OpenJDK 242<br />
IcedTea<br />
Because of the encumbered components in the Class library, it was not possible to build OpenJDK only with free<br />
software components. In order to be able to do this before the whole class library is made free, and to be able to<br />
bundle OpenJDK in Fedora and other free Linux distributions, a project called IcedTea has been started by Red Hat.<br />
It is basically an OpenJDK/GNU Classpath hybrid that can be used to bootstrap OpenJDK using only free<br />
[51] [52]<br />
software.<br />
IcedTea is a software development and integration project launched by Red Hat in June 2007. [53] The goal is to make<br />
the OpenJDK software which Sun Microsystems released as free software in 2007 usable without requiring any other<br />
software that is not free software. For Red Hat, this would make it possible to add OpenJDK to the Fedora Linux<br />
distribution, as well as other distributions.<br />
On November 5, 2007, Red Hat has signed both the Sun Contributor Agreement and the OpenJDK Community TCK<br />
License. [54] One of the first benefits of this agreement is tighter alignment with the IcedTea project, which brings<br />
together Fedora, the Linux distribution, and JBoss, the application server, technologies in a Linux environment.<br />
IcedTea is providing free software alternatives for the few remaining proprietary sections in the OpenJDK project.<br />
Fedora 9 was the first version to ship with IcedTea6, based on the OpenJDK6 sources from Sun rather than<br />
OpenJDK7. It was also the first to use OpenJDK for the package name (via the OpenJDK trademark agreement [55] )<br />
instead of IcedTea. [24]<br />
Ubuntu also first packaged IcedTea7 [56] before later moving to IcedTea6. Packages for IcedTea6 were also created<br />
for Debian and included in lenny.<br />
See also<br />
• javac, Sun's java compiler, now under a GPL license<br />
• HotSpot, Sun's Virtual Machine, now under a GPL license<br />
• Java Class Library<br />
• Free Java implementations<br />
• Java Platform, Standard Edition<br />
• Apache Harmony<br />
External links<br />
• Main site [9]<br />
• OpenJDK FAQ [57]<br />
• OpenJDK - The First Year [58] by Mark Reinhold<br />
References<br />
[1] http:/ / download. java. net/ openjdk/ jdk6/ promoted/ b05/<br />
[2] http:/ / download. java. net/ openjdk/ jdk6/<br />
[3] http:/ / openjdk. java. net/ projects/ jdk6/<br />
[4] http:/ / download. java. net/ openjdk/ jdk7/<br />
[5] http:/ / openjdk. java. net/ projects/ jdk7/<br />
[6] Schwartz, Jonathan (23 May 2006). "Busy Week..." (http:/ / blogs. sun. com/ roller/ page/ jonathan/ 200605#busy_week1). Sun<br />
Microsystems. . Retrieved 2007-05-09.<br />
[7] "Sun Opens Java" (http:/ / mediacast. sun. com/ share/ tmarble/ Sun_Opens_Java. ogg) (OGG Theora). Sun Microsystems. .<br />
[8] "Sun Opens Java" (http:/ / www. sun. com/ 2006-1113/ feature/ index. jsp). Sun Microsystems. 13 November 2006. . Retrieved 2007-05-09.<br />
[9] Stallman, Richard. "Free But Shackled—The Java Trap" (http:/ / www. gnu. org/ philosophy/ java-trap. html). . Retrieved 2007-12-04.<br />
[10] "Sun 'releases' Java to the world" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ technology/ 6144748. stm). BBC News. 13 November 2006. . Retrieved<br />
2007-05-09.<br />
[11] http:/ / www. sun. com/ software/ opensource/ java/ faq. jsp#b4
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