<s>
Fossil	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
software	O
configuration	O
management	O
,	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
wiki	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
server	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
software	O
development	O
created	O
by	O
D	O
.	O
Richard	O
Hipp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fossil	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
DVCS	B-Protocol
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
derivatives	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
performing	O
distributed	B-Protocol
version	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
,	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
,	O
wiki	B-Protocol
services	O
,	O
and	O
blogging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
may	O
simply	O
type	O
"	O
fossil	B-Protocol
ui	O
"	O
from	O
within	O
any	O
check-out	O
and	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
automatically	O
opens	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
to	O
display	O
a	O
page	O
giving	O
detailed	O
history	O
and	O
status	O
information	O
on	O
that	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fossil	B-Protocol
executable	B-Application
may	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
application	O
,	O
accessed	O
via	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
run	O
interactively	O
from	O
the	O
CLI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
distributed	O
,	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
requires	O
no	O
central	O
server	O
,	O
although	O
collaboration	O
is	O
made	O
easier	O
by	O
using	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
is	O
stored	O
using	O
a	O
SQLite	B-Language
database	O
so	O
that	O
transactions	B-General_Concept
are	O
atomic	B-General_Concept
even	O
if	O
interrupted	O
by	O
a	O
power	O
loss	O
or	O
system	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fossil	B-Protocol
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
a	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
(	O
relicensed	O
from	O
previously	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fossil	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
for	O
version	O
control	O
by	O
the	O
SQLite	B-Language
project	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
itself	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLite	B-Language
transitioned	O
to	O
using	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
for	O
version	O
control	O
over	O
CVS	B-Application
on	O
2009-08-12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
of	O
other	O
projects	O
using	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
websites	O
provide	O
free	B-Application
source	I-Application
code	O
hosting	O
for	O
Fossil	B-Protocol
repositories	O
:	O
</s>
