Hi Sean, > > Now my questions are: Is it legally possible to bring these root > > certificates > also into OpenJDK 8? Since it is a JEP, can the “feature” be added to OpenJDK > 8 via an update release? And, last but not least, would there be interest in > the community for that at all? > > I can answer the first two questions. I talked to one of our Product > Managers who was involved with this JEP and he said that we have > permission to release these certificates as open source at OpenJDK (much > as Mozilla has roots in Firefox). Therefore there should be no concerns > using with OpenJDK 8 or other versions for that matter. If you mean the > jdk8u project specifically, you should check with the current > maintainers for interest in this as I think they currently use other > means for their builds.
Thank you for responding. So I'll check with the jdk8u project whether there's interest in this. Best regards Christoph
