What is IcedTea?

[Andrew Haley]

theUser BL writes:

 > What is IcedTea?

You could always try readong the web site.

 > There are two possibilites:
 > 
 > a) like GNU Classpath
 > extending only the closed-sourced OpenJDK-libraries with GNU Classpath 
 > parts. And like GNU Classpath it is then only a sourcecode-project. There 
 > are no binaries. And like GNU Classpath this libraries are created for gcj, 
 > kaffe, jamvm, cacao, ikvm, etc.
 > 
 > b) like Suns Java
 > you also create also binaries of IcedTea, where the VM is Suns HotSpot-VM. 
 > And then IcedTea ist mostly like Suns Java. Only the non-OpenSource-parts of 
 > OpenJDK with some other graphical parts
 > http://fkung.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/icedtea-graphics/
 > will be taken from GNU Classpath.

The FAQ says:

  A full binary RPM is not possible at the moment due to some
  questionable licensing headers in the OpenJDK (likely oversights
  when preparing for the OpenJDK release; we hope these will be
  resolved soon).

 > But it seems, that a) is right
 > http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#What_is_IcedTea.3F
 > because it is mostly created for gcj

No, it isn't.  From where did you get the idea that IcedTea is created
for gcj?

 > and the developer are RedHat-developer (people behind gcj).

Andrew.

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