<s>
lMule	B-Language
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
Linux	B-Application
Mule	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
attempt	O
to	O
bring	O
an	O
eMule-like	O
client	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
started	O
in	O
January	O
2003	O
by	O
Timo	O
Kujala	O
,	O
who	O
ported	O
all	O
eMule	B-Protocol
code	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
by	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternative	O
applications	O
were	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
applications	O
whilst	O
lMule	B-Language
was	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
eMule	B-Protocol
in	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
grew	O
during	O
the	O
short	O
lifespan	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
June	O
2003	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
developers	O
and	O
the	O
hijacking	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
by	O
one	O
contributor	O
,	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
xMule	B-Language
was	O
born	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
initial	O
"	O
x	O
"	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
mean	O
the	O
multiplatform	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
(	O
this	O
claim	O
was	O
much	O
later	O
changed	O
by	O
xMule	B-Language
maintainer	O
to	O
"	O
X11	O
mule	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timo	O
Kujala	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
lMule	B-Language
developers	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
xMule	B-Language
project	O
abandoned	O
all	O
development	O
after	O
this	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
fell	O
out	O
with	O
one	O
another	O
again	O
,	O
spawning	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
aMule	B-Language
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
another	O
Mule	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
started	O
,	O
then	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
All-platform	O
Mule	O
"	O
after	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
lMule	B-Language
project	O
was	O
completely	O
dropped	O
,	O
the	O
xMule	B-Language
was	O
abandoned	O
on	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
aMule	B-Language
project	O
continues	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
