<s>
Gitorious	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
web	O
application	O
for	O
hosting	O
collaborative	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
development	O
projects	O
using	O
Git	B-Application
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
and	O
installed	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
written	O
primarily	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Gitorious	B-Application
shared	O
web	O
hosting	O
service	O
at	O
gitorious.org,	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
GitLab	B-Application
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
User	O
's	O
Survey	O
,	O
Gitorious	B-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
hosting	O
service	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
in	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
11.7	O
%	O
of	O
respondents	O
indicating	O
they	O
used	O
it	O
,	O
behind	O
87.5	O
%	O
using	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
Gitorious	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
who	O
announced	O
service	O
through	O
gitorious.org	B-Application
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
1	O
June	O
2015	O
and	O
encouraged	O
Gitorious	B-Application
users	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
import	O
tools	O
to	O
migrate	O
projects	O
to	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
source	O
code	O
hosting	O
,	O
Gitorious	B-Application
provided	O
projects	O
with	O
wikis	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
merge	O
requests	O
and	O
code	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
activity	O
timelines	O
for	O
projects	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
,	O
if	O
bandwidth	O
usage	O
for	O
an	O
account	O
,	O
project	O
or	O
repository	O
exceeded	O
500	O
MB/month	O
,	O
or	O
significantly	O
exceeds	O
the	O
average	O
bandwidth	O
usage	O
of	O
other	O
Gitorious.org	B-Application
users	O
or	O
customers	O
,	O
Gitorious.org	B-Application
reserved	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
immediately	O
disable	O
or	O
throttle	O
the	O
account	O
,	O
project	O
or	O
repository	O
until	O
the	O
account	O
owner	O
can	O
reduce	O
the	O
bandwidth	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gitorious	B-Application
AS	O
released	O
the	O
Gitorious	B-Application
software	O
under	O
the	O
AGPLv3	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
Gitorious	B-Application
AS	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Powow	O
AS	O
,	O
a	O
Norwegian-Polish	O
consulting	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gitorious	B-Application
was	O
then	O
acquired	O
by	O
GitLab	B-Application
as	O
of	O
3	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
kept	O
gitorious.org	B-Application
online	O
through	O
May	O
2015	O
and	O
added	O
an	O
automatic	O
migration	O
function	O
for	O
project	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
which	O
offers	O
both	O
paid	O
and	O
free	O
hosting	O
services	O
and	O
maintains	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
"	O
community	O
"	O
edition	O
for	O
self-hosting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
GitLab	B-Application
acquisition	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
four	O
Powow	O
employees	O
behind	O
Gitorious	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
CEO	O
Sytse	O
Sijbrandij	O
,	O
responding	O
to	O
comments	O
about	O
the	O
acquisition	O
on	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
"[Powow]	O
wanted	O
to	O
shut	O
the	O
company	O
down	O
without	O
a	O
bankruptcy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
bolster	O
their	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
bought	O
Gitorious	B-Application
even	O
though	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
hiring	O
the	O
employees	O
or	O
using	O
the	O
Gitorious	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
providing	O
optional	O
migration	O
to	O
GitLab.com,	O
GitLab	B-Application
opened	O
discussions	O
with	O
Archive.org	O
about	O
preserving	O
the	O
Gitorious	B-Application
repositories	O
for	O
historical	O
reference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
mid-2016	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
efforts	O
by	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
ex-Gitorious	O
staff	O
,	O
and	O
Archive	O
Team	O
,	O
Gitorious.org	B-Application
existed	O
as	O
a	O
read-only	O
mirror	O
of	O
its	O
former	O
self	O
,	O
containing	O
some	O
120,000	O
repositories	O
comprising	O
5TB	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
