<s>
Invision	B-Protocol
Community	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
originally	O
marketed	O
as	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
MySQL	B-Application
for	O
database	B-Application
storage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
(	O
IPS	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Charles	O
Warner	O
and	O
Matt	O
Mecham	O
after	O
they	O
left	O
Jarvis	O
Entertainment	O
Group	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
bought	O
the	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
from	O
Mecham	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
first	O
product	O
sold	O
by	O
IPS	O
was	O
the	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
quickly	O
gathered	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
former	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
releases	O
of	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
were	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
ended	O
its	O
free	O
releases	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2.0.1	O
update	O
,	O
the	O
free	O
downloads	O
were	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
free	O
demo	O
with	O
restrictions	O
of	O
5000	O
posts	O
,	O
1000	O
threads	O
,	O
200	O
members	O
and	O
other	O
restrictions	O
,	O
thus	O
ending	O
its	O
claims	O
that	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
would	O
be	O
free	O
forever	O
thereby	O
upsetting	O
many	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
Version	O
4.0	O
represented	O
a	O
ground-up	O
rewrite	O
of	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
and	O
related	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
