<s>
SVNKit	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
pure	O
Java	B-Device
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
for	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
Subversion	B-Application
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
on	O
opensource	O
projects	O
but	O
requires	O
that	O
you	O
buy	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	B-License
to	O
use	O
to	O
develop	O
with	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
implements	O
virtually	O
all	O
Subversion	B-Application
features	O
and	O
provides	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
work	O
with	O
Subversion	B-Application
working	O
copies	O
,	O
access	O
and	O
manipulate	O
Subversion	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
SVNKit	B-Language
features	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Repository	O
access	O
over	O
http(s )	O
://	O
,	O
svn( +ssh	O
)	O
://	O
and	O
file://	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-level	O
API	B-General_Concept
that	O
allows	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
Subversion	B-Application
repository	O
directly	O
on	O
Subversion	B-Application
protocol	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complete	O
JavaHL	O
API	B-General_Concept
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVNKit	B-Language
is	O
known	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVNKit	B-Language
is	O
JDK	B-Language
1.5	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
native	O
Subversion	B-Application
client	O
,	O
but	O
missing	O
in	O
SVNKit	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
access	O
(	O
file://	O
)	O
to	O
Berkeley	B-Language
DB	I-Language
based	O
repositories	O
(	O
SVNKit	B-Language
only	O
provides	O
local	O
access	O
to	O
default	O
FSFS	O
type	O
of	O
repositories	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experimental	O
"	O
Serf	O
"	O
HTTP	O
access	O
(	O
SVNKit	B-Language
only	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
DAV	B-Protocol
access	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSPI	B-Protocol
)	O
are	O
not	O
fully	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
library	B-Library
is	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
Subversion	B-Application
client	O
implemented	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
native	O
Subversion	B-Application
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
client	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
environments	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
install	O
native	O
Subversion	B-Application
or	O
from	O
within	O
applications	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
scripts	O
)	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
the	O
native	O
Subversion	B-Application
presence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaHL	O
is	O
a	O
JNI	B-Language
wrapper	O
of	O
the	O
native	O
Subversion	B-Application
C	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaHL	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
in	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
use	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
SVNKit	B-Language
implements	O
JavaHL	O
API	B-General_Concept
and	O
thus	O
both	O
SVNKit	B-Language
and	O
Subversion	B-Application
JNI	B-Language
wrapper	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
simultaneously	O
to	O
let	O
user	O
choose	O
what	O
suits	O
his	O
environment	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fair	O
comparison	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
and	O
JavaHL	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
SVNKit	B-Language
and	O
JavaHL	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVNKit	B-Language
implements	O
a	O
dual	B-License
licensing	I-License
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
SVNKit	B-Language
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
a	O
licensing	O
terms	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
that	O
means	O
,	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
restrictions	O
or	O
limitations	O
on	O
SVNKit	B-Language
usage	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
closed-source	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	B-License
has	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
called	O
TMate	O
Software	O
Ltd	O
.	O
announced	O
the	O
1.0.0	O
release	O
of	O
JavaSVN	O
—	O
a	O
pure	O
Java	B-Device
Subversion	B-Application
client	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
renamed	O
to	O
SVNKit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
SVNKit	B-Language
prior	O
to	O
0.9.3	O
were	O
licensed	O
under	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
terms	O
,	O
later	O
licensing	O
scheme	O
has	O
been	O
changed	O
to	O
dual	B-License
licensing	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVNKit	B-Language
is	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SmartSVN	B-Protocol
Subversion	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
client	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IntelliJ	B-Language
IDEA	I-Language
IDE	B-Application
by	O
the	O
company	O
JetBrains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamCity	B-Application
Continuous	O
Integration	O
Server	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
JetBrains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subclipse	O
-	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Subversion	B-Application
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
another	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Subversion	B-Application
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JIRA	B-Protocol
bug	O
tracking	O
system	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Atlassian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FishEye	B-Protocol
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
browser	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Atlassian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDeveloper	B-Language
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
