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Line 1: {{refimprove\|date=July 2008}}'''Blackdown Java''' iswas a port of [[Sun Microsystems]]'s [[Java virtual machine]] to [[Linux]] by a group of volunteers led by [[Karl Asha]].<ref>{{cite It predates Sun's official Linux port. It still supports platforms that the official version does not, including [[SPARC]] and [[PowerPC]]. Currently, Blackdown Java supports up to version 1.5 of the Java run-time libraries.web \| title = Java Linux Contact Information \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java-linux-contact.html Despite widespread confusion, Blackdown is neither [[free software]] nor [[open-source software]]. The reason that it was the default Java in [[Gentoo Linux]] and many other distributions, is because the binary redistribution policy allows it to be pre-installed or distributed through that distribution's package management system, whereas at the time, Sun Java's binary redistribution policy did not.▼ \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070807032743/http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java-linux-contact.html \| archivedate = 2007-08-19 }}</ref> It predated Sun's official Linux port, and supported Linux on [[List of instruction sets\|architectures]] that the official version did not, including [[SPARC]] and [[PowerPC]].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Java Platform 2 Version 1.3.x for Linux \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.3-status.html \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070811200047/www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.3-status.html \| archivedate = 2007-08-11 }}</ref> At its close, Blackdown had released J2SE versions 1.4.2 on i386 and AMD64, 1.4.1 on SPARC, and 1.3.1 on PowerPC<ref>{{cite web \| title = Java Platform 2 for Linux: Status and Information \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/index.html \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070809152807/www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/index.html \| archivedate = 2007-08-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Java 2 SE 1.4.2-03 Release Notes \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/README-142-03 \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070807094453/www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/README-142-03 \| archivedate = 2007-08-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Java Platform 2 Version 1.3.x for Linux \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.3-status.html \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070811200047/www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.3-status.html \| archivedate = 2007-08-11 }}</ref> Work on J2SE 1.5.x for x86, AMD64, SPARC, and PowerPC was noted as being underway, but no releases were apparent on the main website.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Java Platform 2 Version 1.5.x for Linux \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070627021922/www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html \| archivedate = 2007-06-27 }}</ref> ▲Despite widespread confusion, Blackdown iswas neither [[free software]] nor [[open-source software]]. ~~The reason that it~~It was the default Java in [[Gentoo Linux]] and many other distributions, is because the binary redistribution policy ~~allows~~allowed it to be pre-installed or distributed through that distribution's package management system, whereas at the time, Sun Java's binary redistribution policy did not. Since Java 5, the Operating System Distributor License for Java (DLJ) meets many Linux distributions' requirements, so it is now the default for at least [[Gentoo Linux]], unless you specify Java 1.4 or earlier, for which the DLJ does not apply. The project ended in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web The project appears to have been closed. The Java software itself still exists on many mirrors.▼ \| last = Malinovich \| first = Alex \| title = Blackdown Java Retires \| url = http://www.the-love-shack.net/2007/08/30/blackdown-java-retires/ \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.blackdown.org/ \| accessdate = 2009-06-15 \| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070912040844/http://www.blackdown.org/ \| archivedate = 2007-09-12 ▲~~The project appears to have been closed.~~}}</ref> The Java software itself still exists on many mirrors. == External links ==

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