<s>
ArX	B-Application
is	O
a	O
distributed	B-Protocol
version	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArX	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
GNU	B-Protocol
arch	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
fork	O
,	O
ArX	B-Application
has	O
been	O
extensively	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C++	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Landry	O
was	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
maintainer	O
of	O
Arch	O
,	O
and	O
forked	O
ArX	B-Application
when	O
Tom	O
Lord	O
resumed	O
maintainership	O
of	O
Arch	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
accept	O
some	O
of	O
Landry	O
's	O
development	O
directions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
ArX	B-Application
shared	O
a	O
mailing	O
list	O
and	O
community	O
with	O
Arch	O
,	O
but	O
Landry	O
founded	O
a	O
new	O
mailing	O
list	O
in	O
August	O
2003	O
and	O
the	O
pre-release	O
series	O
became	O
the	O
1.0	O
release	O
series	O
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
