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As of May 2008, the only part of the Class library that remains proprietary (4% as of May 2007 for OpenJDK 7,

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and less than 1% as of May 2008 in OpenJDK 6<ref name="fedora9la">

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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 The closed-source software synthesizer has been replaced by a new synthesizer developed specifically for OpenJDK called ''Gervill'',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

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* All [[cryptography]] classes used in the Class library have been released as free software,<ref>{{cite web

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* [[LittleCMS]] has replaced the native [[color management|color-management]] system.<ref name="2dproject"/> There is a pluggable layer in the JDK, so that the commercial version can use the old color management system and OpenJDK can use LittleCMS.

* The open-sourced Pisces renderer used in the [[phoneME]] project has replaced the [[Spatial anti-aliasing|anti-aliasing]] graphics [[Rasterisation|rasterizer]] code.<ref name="2dproject"/><ref>[https://phoneme.dev.java.net/ phoneme.dev.java.net/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610234355/https://phoneme.dev.java.net/ |date=2007-06-10 }}

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[http://openjdk.java.net/projects/graphics-rasterizer/ graphics-rasterizer project page]</ref> This code is fully functional, but still needs some performance enhancements,<ref>{{cite web

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In June 2008, it was announced that [[IcedTea]]6 (as the packaged version of OpenJDK on [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora 9]]) had passed the [[Technology Compatibility Kit]] tests and can claim to be a fully compatible Java 6 implementation.<ref>{{cite web

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