Good to do some basic clarification in regards to the legal minefield around Java :)

[neilellis]

It would be good to clarify the legal status of using this JVM implementation and whether it is a clean room implementation of Java (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2575362/java-jce-providers-what-does-clean-room-implementation-mean) or not.

Also it would be interesting to look at pure open source (i.e. without patent nightmares!) rt.jar to package with your VM.

One thing I've been wishing for - for an age - is a lightweight Java alternative. I.e. Java 8 syntax - but only that - different rt.jar different memory management options, everything else redesigned to allow for no bloat and fast initialization. I suppose basically Android on the desktop :-) :-) Java 9 is making some improvements but still there's a design emphasis that 'resources are cheap' - which if you're hosting in the cloud they ain't!

Anyway good luck, I hope you know what you've gotten yourself into :-)

[zxh0]

Hi, I have added MIT license to the project. I first decided to use OpenJDK's rt.jar, but switched to Oracle's because it is easier to get the source code(inside NetBeans IDE). I think I will finally switch back to OpenJDK's rt.jar.