<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
initiated	O
by	O
Loïc	O
Dachary	O
,	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
collaborative	O
software	B-Protocol
development	I-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
for	O
free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Savannah	B-Protocol
currently	O
offers	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
GNU	B-Protocol
arch	I-Protocol
,	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
,	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
,	O
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
web	O
hosting	O
,	O
file	O
hosting	O
,	O
and	O
bug	O
tracking	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Savannah	B-Protocol
initially	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
SourceForge	B-Application
software	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Savannah	B-Protocol
's	O
website	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
domain	O
names	O
:	O
savannah.gnu.org	B-Protocol
for	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
officially	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
and	O
savannah.nongnu.org	O
for	O
all	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
SourceForge	B-Application
or	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
's	O
focus	O
is	O
for	O
hosting	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
projects	O
and	O
has	O
very	O
strict	O
hosting	O
policies	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
ban	O
against	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
non-free	O
formats	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
)	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
only	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
hosted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
registering	O
a	O
project	O
,	O
project	O
submitters	O
have	O
to	O
state	O
which	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
the	O
project	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loïc	O
Dachary	O
installed	O
SourceForge	B-Application
on	O
a	O
server	O
located	O
in	O
Boston	O
for	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
(	O
specifically	O
,	O
to	O
power	O
the	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
's	O
website	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
,	O
as	O
contributor	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
he	O
found	O
out	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
turned	O
into	O
proprietary	O
software	O
,	O
he	O
forked	O
it	O
and	O
named	O
it	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
(	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
software	O
running	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
's	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
website	O
and	O
had	O
no	O
other	O
name	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
contributing	O
to	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
were	O
called	O
savannah-hackers	O
from	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
at	O
first	O
more	O
a	O
quick	O
hack	O
than	O
anything	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CERN	O
took	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
sourcecode	O
and	O
hired	O
Mathieu	O
Roy	O
,	O
a	O
savannah-hacker	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
Geneva	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Savane	B-Protocol
(	O
software	O
)	O
starting	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
server	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
a	O
clean	O
reinstall	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
server	O
was	O
put	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
four-month	O
outage	O
without	O
any	O
public	O
news	O
,	O
only	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
employees	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
savannah-hackers	O
had	O
no	O
access	O
and	O
found	O
out	O
that	O
Richard	O
M	O
.	O
Stallman	O
decided	O
to	O
move	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
to	O
GForge	B-Protocol
because	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
seriously	O
maintained	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
was	O
totally	O
or	O
partly	O
offline	O
for	O
months	O
and	O
,	O
ultimately	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
move	O
to	O
GForge	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
itself	O
turned	O
into	O
proprietary	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
