<s>
GNU	B-Application
MediaGoblin	I-Application
(	O
also	O
shortened	O
to	O
MediaGoblin	B-Application
or	O
GMG	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
decentralized	B-Operating_System
Web	O
platform	O
(	O
server	O
software	O
)	O
for	O
hosting	O
and	O
sharing	O
many	O
forms	O
of	O
digital	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
strives	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
extensible	O
,	O
federated	O
,	O
and	O
freedom-respectful	O
software	O
replacement	O
to	O
major	O
media	O
publishing	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
DeviantArt	O
,	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
The	O
origins	O
of	O
GNU	B-Application
MediaGoblin	I-Application
date	O
back	O
to	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
gathering	O
was	O
held	O
at	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
in	O
order	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
path	O
that	O
Internet	O
communities	O
should	O
take	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
projects	O
have	O
since	O
appeared	O
to	O
prevent	O
this	O
,	O
including	O
Identi.ca,	O
Libre.fm,	O
Diaspora	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MediaGoblin	B-Application
project	O
remains	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MediaGoblin	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
its	O
code	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Affero	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
;	O
meaning	O
that	O
it	O
adheres	O
to	O
the	O
principles	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christine	O
Lemmer	O
Webber	O
,	O
the	O
core	O
developer	O
,	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
MediaGoblin	B-Application
"	O
which	O
also	O
makes	O
a	O
pun	O
with	O
the	O
pronunciation	O
of	O
"	O
gobbling	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
page	O
displays	O
an	O
upper	O
banner	O
with	O
MediaGoblin	B-Application
's	O
typeface	O
and	O
an	O
authentication	O
section	O
for	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
other	O
features	O
like	O
tags	O
,	O
metadata	O
,	O
theming	O
,	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
licensing	O
and	O
GPS	O
support	O
can	O
be	O
enabled	O
as	O
separate	O
plug-ins	O
to	O
enrich	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
GNU	B-Application
MediaGoblin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML5	B-Application
capabilities	O
are	O
widely	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
video	O
and/or	O
audio	O
contained	O
in	O
WebM	B-Application
format	O
;	O
while	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
WAV	O
and	O
MP3	O
uploads	O
are	O
automatically	O
transcoded	O
to	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
audio	I-Algorithm
and	O
then	O
encapsulated	O
into	O
WebM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
models	O
support	O
(	O
preview	O
and	O
renderization	O
)	O
was	O
added	O
on	O
22	O
October	O
2012	O
and	O
is	O
achieved	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
HTML5	B-Application
Canvas	O
,	O
Thingiview	O
,	O
WebGL	B-Library
and	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
