OpenJDK JRE & Embedded Devices

[Mark Wielaard]

On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 17:19 +0100, stephane.jeanjean at orange-ftgroup.com
wrote:
> Is it possible to distribute a device with an embedded royalty free OpenJDK JRE ?

Sure! That is the whole point of OpenJDK to provide a fully free java
implementation that anybody can use for whatever they want without any
restrictions. As long as you obey the share-and-share alike of the GPL.
In fact you can already buy several of such devices right now. See for
example the bug labs work:
http://community.buglabs.net/kgilmer/posts/45-BUG-OpenJDK
I even bought a netbook with IcedTea preinstalled several years back:
http://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2008/09/24/free-java-for-your-netbook-aspire-one-with-icedtea/

Cheers,

Mark