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* All the audio engine code, including the [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|software synthesizer]], has been released as open-source.<ref name="openJDK_b10"/><ref>[http://openjdk.java.net/projects/audio-engine/ audio-engine project page]</ref> The closed-source software synthesizer has been replaced by a new synthesizer developed specifically for OpenJDK called ''Gervill'',<ref>{{cite web

|url = https://gervill.dev.java.net/

|archive-url = https://archive.istoday/20111004052704/https://gervill.dev.java.net/

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|archive-date = 2011-10-04

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Because of these previously encumbered components, it was not possible to build [[OpenJDK]] only with free software components. In order to be able to do this before the whole [[Java Class Library|class library]] is made free, and to be able to bundle [[OpenJDK]] in [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora Core]] and other free [[Linux]] distributions, [[Red Hat]] has started a project called [[IcedTea]]. It is basically an OpenJDK/[[GNU Classpath]] hybrid that can be used to bootstrap OpenJDK using only free software.<ref>{{cite web

| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211190907/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.openjdk.distro-packaging.devel/5

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211190907/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.openjdk.distro-packaging.devel/5

| url-status=dead

| archive-date=2008-02-11

| title=Experimental Build Repository at icedtea.classpath.org

| date=2007-06-07