<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
is	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
social	O
networking	O
software	O
that	O
provides	O
individuals	O
and	O
organizations	O
with	O
the	O
components	O
needed	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
online	O
social	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
blogging	O
,	O
microblogging	B-Application
,	O
file	O
sharing	O
,	O
networking	O
,	O
groups	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
first	O
platform	O
to	O
bring	O
ideas	O
found	O
in	O
commercial	O
social	O
networking	O
platforms	O
to	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
their	O
experience	O
(	O
Werdmuller	O
was	O
a	O
web	O
entrepreneur	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
building	O
and	O
facilitating	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
since	O
1995	O
,	O
while	O
Tosh	O
was	O
a	O
postgraduate	O
student	O
in	O
online	O
education	O
)	O
they	O
created	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
approach	O
to	O
e-learning	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
designing	O
the	O
architecture	O
and	O
writing	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
they	O
founded	O
the	O
company	O
Curverider	O
Ltd	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
Elgg-related	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
has	O
since	O
become	O
a	O
cross-purpose	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
social	O
networking	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Werdmuller	O
has	O
since	O
released	O
Known	B-Protocol
,	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
publishing	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
a	O
hosted	O
version	O
of	O
Elgg	B-Protocol
launched	O
in	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
Curverider	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Thematic	O
Networks	O
and	O
Elgg	B-Protocol
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
non-profit	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
dual	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
as	O
published	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
runs	O
on	O
the	O
LAMP	B-Application
(	O
Linux	O
,	O
Apache	O
,	O
MySQL	O
,	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elgg	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
by	O
Lorea	O
as	O
the	O
engine	O
of	O
N-1.cc,	O
the	O
self-organized	O
social	O
network	O
of	O
the	O
Spanish	O
15-M	O
social	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
a	O
multiple	O
site	O
version	O
of	O
Elgg	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
former	O
core	O
developer	O
Marcus	O
Povey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2013	O
this	O
project	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
GitHub	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
based	O
on	O
Elgg	B-Protocol
2.x	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
