On 05/01/2012 12:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > I think we are going to remove openjdk, but keep iced-tea. I've discussed > with > DJ, but he has the most experience with it. > > I think there is some confusion on this topic in general, so I'll try to explain. OpenJDK is the GPL'd version of Oracle's JDK with all of the closed parts removed. IcedTea is a project that replaces the closed parts with GPL software. The IcedTea download is just a build harness that provides a complete JDK with all of the functionality of the Oracle one using only GPL software, which is followed by IcedTea-Web to provide a GPL implementation of the browser plug-in and Java Web Start. I should mention that the OpenJDK license is "GPLv3 with Classpath Exception". The "Classpath Exception" is akin to LGPL for jar files, you can release closed software using the classes in OpenJDK, but any changes must still be given back to the community. As far as future plans, unless somebody sees some value in the closed version, I do want Oracle's JDK removed from the book, and I plan to rename the IcedTea page "OpenJDK" as IcedTea is just the build tool.
I hope that clears up any confusion. -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
