<s>
FastCopy	B-Application
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
file	O
and	O
directory	O
copier	O
that	O
runs	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv3	O
license	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
freeware	B-License
releases	O
reported	O
"	O
Due	O
to	O
various	O
circumstances	O
,	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
temporarily	O
suspended	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
5.0.0	O
,	O
it	O
changed	O
the	O
license	O
for	O
a	O
newly	O
added	O
Pro	O
version	O
with	O
addition	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
separated	O
the	O
use	O
case	O
in	O
non-domestic	O
environments	O
,	O
while	O
previous	O
versions	O
allow	O
using	O
FastCopy	B-Application
in	O
workplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
free-standing	O
portable	B-Application
application	I-Application
or	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
shell	I-Application
,	O
and	O
claims	O
to	O
achieve	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
performance	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
test	O
conducted	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
lifehacker	O
,	O
Fastcopy	B-Application
was	O
several	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
its	O
rival	O
Teracopy	B-Application
,	O
a	O
program	O
with	O
similar	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
extensive	O
comparison	O
was	O
performed	O
between	O
TeraCopy	B-Application
v2.07beta	O
,	O
KillCopy	O
v2.85	O
,	O
FastCopy	B-Application
v1.99r4	O
,	O
SuperCopier	B-Application
v2.2bet	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
a	O
forum	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
prior	O
to	O
Windows	O
10	O
v1607	O
,	O
programs	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
Win32	B-Library
API	I-Library
,	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
,	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
path	O
names	O
longer	O
than	O
260	O
UTF-16	O
characters	O
;	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
allow	O
this	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
via	O
the	O
registry	B-Protocol
or	O
group	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastCopy	B-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
API	O
and	O
places	O
its	O
own	O
calls	O
to	O
the	O
NT	O
kernel	O
,	O
allowing	O
operations	O
with	O
path	O
names	O
longer	O
than	O
260	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
FastCopyV2.11	O
(	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
)	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
by	O
Japanese	O
PostProduction	O
L'espace	O
Vision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
sold	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
as	O
"	O
RapidCopy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
L'espace	O
Vision	O
released	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
"	O
RapidCopy	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
"	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
a	O
BSD	O
2-Clause	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bogdan	O
Popa	O
,	O
who	O
reviewed	O
FastCopy	B-Application
3.92	O
in	O
Softpedia	O
,	O
praised	O
the	O
product	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
An	O
overall	O
efficient	O
and	O
reliable	O
file	O
management	O
tool	O
"	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
4.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
25	O
,	O
2015	O
(	O
JST	O
)	O
,	O
FastCopy	B-Application
was	O
given	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
in	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
