<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open-source	B-Application
Internet	B-Protocol
Relay	I-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
client	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
"	O
in	O
development	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
Claro	O
toolkit	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
native	O
windowing	B-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
widgets	O
on	O
all	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
.NET	O
and	O
Qt	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
ports	O
were	O
also	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
was	O
2.2.14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
features	O
connections	O
to	O
multiple	O
servers	O
,	O
a	O
finger	O
client	O
,	O
DCC	O
File	O
Transfers	O
and	O
Chat	O
,	O
Smart	O
Paste	O
,	O
Object	O
Pascal	O
Scripting	O
,	O
Internet	O
Time	O
Support	O
(	O
Swatch	O
Netbeats	O
)	O
,	O
Channel	O
Lists	O
,	O
Favorite	O
Channels	O
list	O
,	O
Ident	O
Server	O
,	O
AutoJoin	O
on	O
Invite	O
,	O
AutoRejoin	O
on	O
Kick	O
,	O
configurable	O
date	O
formats	O
,	O
an	O
ICQ-like	O
notify	O
list	O
,	O
advanced	O
filtering	O
,	O
a	O
configurable	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
IRC	B-Protocol
user	O
guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
was	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
and	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
change	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
2.1	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
Public	I-Language
License	I-Language
,	O
but	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
and	O
license	O
were	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
bersIRC	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
TCL/TK	O
script	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
currently	O
used	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
;	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
irc-user	O
:	O
SeLf-AdHeSiVe	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
last	O
modified	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
at	O
defiled.8m.com	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
for	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
by	O
Jamie	O
Frater	O
in	O
1999	O
as	O
a	O
Windows-only	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
,	O
comparable	O
to	O
HydraIRC	O
and	O
Klient	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
February	O
2004	O
Nicholas	O
Copeland	O
bought	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
Frater	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
Delphi	B-Language
client	O
,	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
1.4	O
,	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
maintained	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
developer	O
,	O
Theo	O
Julienne	O
,	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
2.1	O
branch	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
2.2	O
branch	O
this	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
C	B-Language
using	O
Claro	O
Graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
gaming	O
website	O
GamePlanet	O
recommended	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
for	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
its	O
IRC	B-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
has	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
German	O
website	O
Winfuture	O
referred	O
to	O
version	O
2.2.13	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
great	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
popular	O
shareware	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
mIRC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
contains	O
only	O
what	O
is	O
necessary	O
for	O
chatting	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
...	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
