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'''Blackdown Java''' is a port of [[Sun Microsystems]]'s [[Java virtual machine]] to [[Linux]] by a group of volunteers led by [[Karl Asha]]. 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 1.4.2 of the Java run-time libraries.

Despite widespread confusion, Blackdown is neither [[Freefree Softwaresoftware]] nor [[Openopen-source Sourcesoftware]]. 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 preinstalledpre-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.

==External links==

*[http://www.blackdown.org/ Java-Linux] - The official site for Blackdown Java.

*[https://jdk-distros.dev.java.net/ jdk-distros: community collaboration with the DLJ] - The official site for the DLJ.

[[Category:Java virtual machine]]