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Afair icedtea, openjdk, jdk share a Lot of Code. |
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Am 16.01.2013 15:18 schrieb "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com>: |
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> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Daniel Campbell <dlcampbell@×××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > On 01/15/2013 11:32 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: |
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> >> On Wednesday 16 January 2013 10:32:11 AM IST, Kevin Brandstatter wrote: |
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> >>> I'm curious as well about the potential exploitability of icedtea. I |
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> >>> would think that since the icedtea vm is not the same as the sun/oracle |
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> >>> one and so I don't think the code base is the same, which would mean an |
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> >>> exploit in the sun/oracle jvm would not necessarily affect icedtea. |
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> >>> However, I know very little on this matter and seeing as i think both |
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> >>> are open sourced i have no idea how much or if there is any code |
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> overlap. |
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> >>> |
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> >> |
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> >> Oracle Java is open source? |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Nilesh Govindarajan |
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> >> http://nileshgr.com |
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> > I was thinking the same thing. Last I knew, the VM is closed while the |
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> > language is pretty much open. |
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> IIRC, the VM spec is open, the implementation isn't. Further, the |
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> supporting libraries are open (as in you can see them). The biggest |
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> 'closed' aspect is the pricey (and terms-restricting) certification |
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> process to get a different implementation certified. |
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> But I might be woefully out of date. |
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> -- |
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> :wq |
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