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Line 42: \| 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 support for x86, AMD64, SPARC, and PowerPC had been announced, but ~~were~~was never released.<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 Line 64: }}</ref> The incident revealed that there were long standing problems between Sun and Blackdown. Despite widespread confusion, Blackdown was neither [[free software]] nor [[open-source software]]. It's binary redistribution policy allowed it to be pre-installed or ~~distributed~~included inwith many [[Linux distributions]] (e.g., [[Gentoo Linux]]), 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, lessening the demand for the older Blackdown JVM. ==Notes==

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