<s>
BerliOS	B-Protocol
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
Berlin	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
founded	O
by	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Institute	O
for	O
Open	O
Communication	O
Systems	O
(	O
FOKUS	O
)	O
,	O
Berlin	O
,	O
to	O
coordinate	O
the	O
different	O
interest	O
groups	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
OSS	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
assume	O
a	O
neutral	O
coordinator	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
target	O
groups	O
of	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
were	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
on	O
the	O
one	O
side	O
and	O
OSS-related	O
companies	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BerliOS	B-Protocol
consisted	O
of	O
several	O
subprojects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operators	O
of	O
the	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
project	O
announced	O
that	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
would	O
close	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
sufficient	O
funding	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
news	O
of	O
the	O
pending	O
closure	O
spread	O
,	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
received	O
numerous	O
rescue	O
proposals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
would	O
continue	O
as	O
a	O
non-profit	O
institute	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
volunteers	O
,	O
donations	O
and	O
corporate	O
sponsorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
announced	O
on	O
their	O
blog	O
that	O
a	O
cooperation	O
agreement	O
had	O
been	O
signed	O
with	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
all	O
projects	O
hosted	O
on	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
 '	O
systems	O
would	O
be	O
automatically	O
mirrored	O
in	O
new	O
and	O
separate	O
projects	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
reiterated	O
this	O
statement	O
on	O
their	O
blog	O
and	O
provided	O
more	O
specifics	O
about	O
the	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
disable	O
their	O
hosting	O
services	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
