<s>
Launchpad	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
and	O
website	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
maintain	O
software	O
,	O
particularly	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
publicly	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Affero	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
repository	O
hosts	O
more	O
than	O
40,000	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
launchpad.net	B-Protocol
attracted	O
1	O
million	O
visitors	O
by	O
August	O
2009	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
Compete.com	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bugs	O
:	O
a	O
bug	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
bugs	O
to	O
be	O
tracked	O
in	O
multiple	O
contexts	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
an	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
package	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
upstream	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
remote	O
bug	B-Application
trackers	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
:	O
source	O
code	O
hosting	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
and	O
Git	B-Application
version	I-Application
control	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
but	O
less	O
visible	O
component	O
is	O
Soyuz	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
distribution	O
management	O
portion	O
of	O
Launchpad.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Launchpad	B-Protocol
is	O
currently	O
primarily	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launchpad	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
FOSS	B-License
(	O
free/open	O
source	O
)	O
Zope	O
3	O
application	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
Canonical	O
Ltd.	O
'	O
s	O
own	O
projects	O
use	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
for	O
development	O
including	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
is	O
itself	O
managed	O
in	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
prominent	O
projects	O
using	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
for	O
various	O
aspects	O
of	O
managing	O
their	O
development	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Launchpad	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
criticized	O
by	O
the	O
Jem	O
Report	O
and	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
for	O
not	O
being	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
license	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
,	O
despite	O
its	O
aims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
aimed	O
to	O
eventually	O
release	O
it	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
potentially	O
take	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
released	O
Storm	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
component	O
made	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founder	O
Mark	O
Shuttleworth	O
's	O
responded	O
to	O
this	O
criticism	O
saying	O
"	O
we	O
are	O
all	O
actively	O
working	O
on	O
making	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
"	O
adding	O
that	O
the	O
funding	O
the	O
salaries	O
of	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
's	O
developers	O
to	O
be	O
higher	O
priority	O
,	O
and	O
claiming	O
immediate	O
release	O
would	O
result	O
multiple	O
unfederated	O
instances	O
of	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
still	O
left	O
some	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
movement	O
dissatisfied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
released	O
the	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
component	O
"	O
lazr.config	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
lazr.delegates	O
"	O
under	O
version	O
3	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
currently	O
in	O
beta	O
testing	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
allow	O
programs	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calls	O
for	O
an	O
open	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
released	O
were	O
aided	O
by	O
projects	O
like	O
Leonov	O
that	O
resorted	O
to	O
screen	O
scraping	O
to	O
get	O
data	O
from	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Canonical	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
website	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
by	O
21	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
two	O
large	O
components	O
of	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
,	O
Soyuz	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
build	O
system	O
,	O
package	O
management	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
package	O
publishing	O
)	O
and	O
Codehosting	O
,	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
21	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
AGPLv3	B-Application
(	O
a	O
fully	O
free	B-Application
license	O
specifically	O
for	O
web	O
services	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
two	O
components	O
(	O
Codehosting	O
and	O
Soyuz	O
)	O
that	O
were	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
remain	O
proprietary	O
.	O
</s>
