<s>
Illumination	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Creator	I-Application
(	O
Illumination	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
visually	O
designing	O
and	O
developing	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
corresponding	O
Visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developed	O
with	O
Illumination	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Adobe	O
Flash-powered	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	O
code	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
to	O
buy	O
under	O
three	O
levels	O
of	O
licensing	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
known	O
public	O
mention	O
of	O
Illumination	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2010	O
episode	O
of	O
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Action	O
Show	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
the	O
Illumination	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
as	O
attempt	O
to	O
innovate	O
a	O
donation-driven	O
Business	B-License
model	I-License
for	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2012	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
current	O
versions	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
,	O
under	O
a	O
Personal	O
Proprietary	B-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
a	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
other	O
Visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
Illumination	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
by	O
hand	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
develop	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2.0	O
,	O
Illumination	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Creator	I-Application
supports	O
creating	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
PyGTK	B-Language
)	O
applications	O
as	O
two	O
distinct	O
targets	O
:	O
Desktop	O
and	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
Tablet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
also	O
supports	O
creating	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
based	O
rich	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
version	O
2.1	O
support	O
for	O
building	O
Android	B-Application
applications	I-Application
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
2.2	O
support	O
for	O
building	O
what	O
are	O
called	O
"	O
Custom	O
Blocks	O
"	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
their	O
projects	O
as	O
needed	O
using	O
traditional	O
programming	B-General_Concept
languages	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Java	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
ActionScript	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
version	O
3.0	O
support	O
for	O
building	O
iOS	B-Application
applications	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
building	O
HTML5	B-Application
applications	O
and	O
including	O
graphics	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Illumination	O
Software	O
Creation	O
Station	O
is	O
an	O
Opensuse	B-Operating_System
based	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
built	O
with	O
Susestudio	B-Application
,	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
pre-setup	O
system	O
for	O
testing	O
and	O
using	O
Illumination	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Creator	I-Application
as	O
a	O
Live-CD	O
or	O
VMWare	O
virtual	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Dec	O
16th	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Illumination	O
Software	O
Creation	O
Station	O
won	O
the	O
first	O
annual	O
Novell	O
Disters	O
award	O
for	O
best	O
software	O
appliance	O
built	O
with	O
Susestudio	B-Application
.	O
</s>
