<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
and	O
once	O
known	O
as	O
Laconica	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
microblogging	B-Application
server	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
that	O
implements	O
the	O
OStatus	B-Application
standard	O
for	O
interoperation	O
between	O
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
offering	O
functionality	O
similar	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
seeks	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
open	O
,	O
inter-service	O
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
communications	O
between	O
microblogging	B-Application
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
deployed	O
on	O
hundreds	O
of	O
interoperating	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
was	O
spun	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Protocol
FM	I-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
was	O
Matt	O
Lee	O
and	O
the	O
early	O
developers	O
were	O
fellow	O
FSF	B-Operating_System
employees	O
,	O
Donald	O
Robertson	O
and	O
Deborah	O
Nicholson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StatusNet	B-Protocol
deployment	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Laconica	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
Identi.ca	B-Protocol
open-microblogging	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hosted	O
by	O
original	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
creators	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
Inc.	O
,	O
Identi.ca	B-Protocol
offered	O
free	O
accounts	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
co-flagship	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
freelish.us	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
installable	O
version	O
of	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
has	O
migrated	O
to	O
pump.io	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.9.0	O
,	O
released	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
OStatus	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
distributed	O
update	O
standard	O
superseding	O
OpenMicroBlogging	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
would	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
project	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Free	O
Social	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
interoperable	O
with	O
other	O
OStatus	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StatusNet	B-Protocol
was	O
renamed	O
from	O
Laconica	B-Protocol
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
0.8.1	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Second	O
Guessing	O
"	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StatusNet	B-Protocol
's	O
name	O
"	O
simply	O
reflects	O
what	O
our	O
software	O
does	O
:	O
send	O
status	B-Application
updates	I-Application
into	O
your	O
social	O
network.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Laconica	B-Protocol
's	O
name	O
was	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
Laconic	O
phrase	O
,	O
a	O
particularly	O
concise	O
or	O
terse	O
statement	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
famously	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
leaders	O
of	O
Sparta	O
(	O
Laconia	O
being	O
the	O
Greek	O
region	O
containing	O
Sparta	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
microblogging	B-Application
,	O
all	O
messages	O
are	O
forced	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
short	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
~	O
140-character	O
limit	O
on	O
message	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNU	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
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