<s>
GForge	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
service	O
originally	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Alexandria	O
software	O
behind	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
a	O
web-based	O
project	O
management	O
and	O
collaboration	O
system	O
which	O
was	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
source	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
GForge	O
code	O
were	O
released	O
from	O
2002	O
to	O
2009	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
company	O
behind	O
GForge	O
focused	O
on	O
their	O
proprietary	O
service	O
offering	O
which	O
provides	O
project	O
hosting	O
,	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
(	O
CVS	O
,	O
Subversion	O
,	O
Git	O
)	O
,	O
code	O
reviews	O
,	O
ticketing	O
(	O
issues	O
,	O
support	O
)	O
,	O
release	O
management	O
,	O
continuous	O
integration	O
and	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
project	O
emerged	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
pull	O
together	O
open-source	B-Application
development	I-Application
efforts	O
from	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
software	O
forks	O
which	O
had	O
sprung	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
VA	O
Linux	B-Application
hired	O
four	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
Tim	O
Perdue	O
(	O
1974-2011	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
service	O
to	O
encourage	O
open-source	B-Application
development	I-Application
and	O
support	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceForge.net	B-Application
services	O
were	O
offered	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
to	O
any	O
Open	O
Source	O
project	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
launch	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
free	O
software	O
community	O
rapidly	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
SourceForge.net,	O
and	O
traffic	O
and	O
users	O
grew	O
very	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
another	O
competitive	O
web	O
service	O
,	O
"	O
Server	O
51	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
being	O
readied	O
for	O
launch	O
,	O
VA	O
Linux	B-Application
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
sourceforge.net	B-Application
web	O
site	O
on	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
marketing	O
ploy	O
to	O
show	O
that	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
'	O
more	O
open	O
source	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
companies	O
began	O
installing	O
and	O
using	O
it	O
themselves	O
and	O
contacting	O
VA	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
professional	O
services	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Linux	B-Application
hardware	O
business	O
had	O
collapsed	O
in	O
the	O
dotcom	O
bust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
VA	O
Software	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
closed	O
codebase	O
SourceForge	B-Protocol
Enterprise	I-Protocol
Edition	I-Protocol
to	O
try	O
to	O
force	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
large	O
companies	O
to	O
purchase	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
break-up	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
open	O
source	O
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
version	O
of	O
GForge	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
GForge	O
releasing	O
the	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
open	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
of	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
while	O
Perdue	O
and	O
his	O
new	O
company	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
commercial	O
offering	O
(	O
GForge	O
Advanced	O
Server	O
and	O
later	O
GForgeNext	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GForge	O
AS	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-ins	O
for	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
only	O
for	O
customers	O
and	O
with	O
no	O
trial	O
available	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
related	O
tools	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
increase	O
developer	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workflow	B-Operating_System
process	B-Operating_System
management	I-Operating_System
to	O
handle	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
software	O
life	O
cycle	O
from	O
inception	O
,	O
bug	O
tracking	O
to	O
new	O
release	O
enhancement	O
citation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
GForge	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
open	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
of	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
after	O
GForge	O
Group	O
focused	O
on	O
GForge	O
Advanced	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
is	O
selected	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Coclico	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aims	O
to	O
fusion	O
three	O
existing	O
trees	O
of	O
forked	O
forges	O
:	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
,	O
Codendi	O
&	O
Novaforge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
End	O
2013	O
,	O
main	O
Savane	B-Protocol
maintainer	O
Sylvain	O
Beucler	O
joins	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
as	O
INRIA	O
contractor	O
for	O
2	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
software	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
forge	O
software	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
Software	O
Heritage	O
initiative	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
connector	O
to	O
retrieve	O
any	O
information	O
from	O
old	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
installations	O
.	O
</s>
