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| 1 | See this to learn what OpenJDK is about, and the ecosystem around it (including Oracle) | |
| 2 | http://www.redhat.com/summit/2012/pdf/2012-DevDay-OpenJDK-Bhole.pdf | |
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| 4 | It all began in 2006, when Sun Microsystems started releasing Java as free,open source software (FOSS) | |
| 5 | under the GPL 2.0 license* | |
| 6 | https://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2006/11/13/open-source-java-editorial.html … | |
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| 8 | IBM Joins OpenJDK | |
| 9 | http://www.sutor.com/c/2010/10/ibm-joins-the-openjdk-community/ | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | SAP joins OpenJDK | |
| 12 | http://scn.sap.com/community/open-source/blog/2011/07/14/sap-joins-openjdk | |
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| 14 | AMD and Oracle team up for Java GPU acceleration | |
| 15 | http://www.eweek.com/developer/amd-oracle-team-for-openjdk-sumatra-java-gpu-project/ | |
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| 17 | Apple and Oracle announce OpenJDK for Mac OS X | |
| 18 | http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12Oracle-and-Apple-Announce-OpenJDK-Project-for-Mac-OS-X.html | |
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| 20 | Oracle makes OpenJDK the Java7 reference implementaiton | |
| 21 | http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/openjdk-bylaws | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | Oracle open sources JavaFX 2.0 as OpenJFX under GPL license | |
| 24 | http://openjdk.java.net/projects/openjfx/ | |
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| 26 | Q: So, is the code the same? | |
| 27 | Answer: in Java 6 vs OpenJDK 6 there were more differences, but in Java 7 / OpenJDK 7 those were narrowed | |
| 28 | see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8705061/is-the-openjdk-jvm-the-same-as-the-oracle-java-se-jvm | |
| 29 | … see also slide #3 of http://www.redhat.com/summit/2012/pdf/2012-DevDay-OpenJDK-Bhole.pdf | |
| 30 | … "95% shared code" in OJDK7 (RedHat Claim) | |
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| 32 | The browser plug-in component was never open sourced by Sun Microsystems. That is provided in the FOSS OpenJDK project by the "Icedtea-web" component, developed mostly by RedHat. Icedtea-web also includes the JWS (Java Web Start) implementation in addition to the browser plug-in. | |
| 33 | - | http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2172618 |
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| 34 | ======JAVA 8============ | |
| 35 | Oracle open sources JavaFX 2.0 for iOS and Android | |
| 36 | http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/02/javafx-ios-android | |
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| 38 | Oracle releases Nashorn, the next'generation Javascript engine for the | |
| 39 | Java VM in Java8 and OpenJDK 8 | |
| 40 | http://www.dzone.com/links/all_about_oracle_nashorn_the_nextgeneration_javas.html | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | OpenJDK 8, Java 8 Reference Implementation | |
| 43 | https://jdk8.java.net/java-se-8-ri/ | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | "JDK 8 was developed collaboratively in the OpenJDK Community..." | |
| 46 | http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2172618 | |
| 47 | ========================== | |
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| 49 | Notes: | |
| 50 | * Java was released as GPL 2.0 with the "Classpath exception", | |
| 51 | so executables created by its compiler can be exempt from the GPL, ie | |
| 52 | you can use OpenJDK javac compiler to create non-free software, if you wish so. |
