<s>
LibreELEC	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
Libre	O
Embedded	O
Linux	B-Application
Entertainment	O
Center	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
fork	O
of	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
as	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
appliance	O
,	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
Just	B-Operating_System
enough	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
Kodi	B-Application
media	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fork	O
of	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
as	O
a	O
split	O
from	O
the	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
team	O
after	O
"	O
creative	O
differences	O
"	O
,	O
taking	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
active	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
new	O
LibreELEC	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
conservative	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
project	O
with	O
a	O
stronger	O
focus	O
on	O
pre-release	O
testing	O
and	O
post-release	O
change	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
2	I-Language
support	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
LibreElec	B-Application
version	O
10	O
with	O
Kodi	B-Application
19	O
switches	O
to	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
addons	O
created	O
for	O
prior	O
versions	O
with	O
python	B-Language
2	I-Language
need	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
by	O
developers	O
for	O
Kodi	B-Application
19	O
because	O
python	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
not	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
