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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] java vs icedtea6
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:36:36
Message-Id: CAGK8UzBXCPxmJkS3BZW-MojuErmeHvcQ+AY74GFPUZY_teZAnw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] java vs icedtea6 by Michael Mol
1 Afair icedtea, openjdk, jdk share a Lot of Code.
2 Am 16.01.2013 15:18 schrieb "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com>:
3
4 > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Daniel Campbell <dlcampbell@×××.com>
5 > wrote:
6 > > On 01/15/2013 11:32 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
7 > >> On Wednesday 16 January 2013 10:32:11 AM IST, Kevin Brandstatter wrote:
8 > >>> I'm curious as well about the potential exploitability of icedtea. I
9 > >>> would think that since the icedtea vm is not the same as the sun/oracle
10 > >>> one and so I don't think the code base is the same, which would mean an
11 > >>> exploit in the sun/oracle jvm would not necessarily affect icedtea.
12 > >>> However, I know very little on this matter and seeing as i think both
13 > >>> are open sourced i have no idea how much or if there is any code
14 > overlap.
15 > >>>
16 > >>
17 > >> Oracle Java is open source?
18 > >>
19 > >> --
20 > >> Nilesh Govindarajan
21 > >> http://nileshgr.com
22 > >>
23 > >
24 > > I was thinking the same thing. Last I knew, the VM is closed while the
25 > > language is pretty much open.
26 >
27 > IIRC, the VM spec is open, the implementation isn't. Further, the
28 > supporting libraries are open (as in you can see them). The biggest
29 > 'closed' aspect is the pricey (and terms-restricting) certification
30 > process to get a different implementation certified.
31 >
32 > But I might be woefully out of date.
33 >
34 > --
35 > :wq
36 >
37 >

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[gentoo-user] Re: java vs icedtea6 nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva)