<s>
OpenLP	B-Language
is	O
a	O
worship	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
lyrics	O
for	O
certain	O
words	O
,	O
search	O
for	O
Bible	O
verses	O
in	O
the	O
Bible	O
,	O
display	O
lyrics	O
and	O
Bible	O
verses	O
in	O
a	O
friendly	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
congregation	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
popular	O
presentation	B-Application
programs	I-Application
to	O
provide	O
users	O
with	O
an	O
easy	O
way	O
to	O
control	O
a	O
presentation	O
(	O
with	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
Impress	I-Application
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Impress	I-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLP	B-Language
was	O
registered	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2004	O
by	O
Tim	O
Ebenezer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
0.x	O
line	O
of	O
OpenLP	B-Language
officially	O
entered	O
beta	O
status	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
0.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
version	O
0.8	O
,	O
OpenLP	B-Language
had	O
implemented	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
desired	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.994	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
0.x	O
series	O
of	O
OpenLP	B-Language
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
11	O
October	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
Tim	O
Ebenezer	O
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
the	O
0.x	O
line	O
and	O
rewrite	O
OpenLP	B-Language
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
redefined	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
various	O
delays	O
,	O
OpenLP	B-Language
1.0	O
beta	O
1	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
on	O
3	O
October	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
stage	O
,	O
Tim	O
also	O
decided	O
to	O
rename	O
OpenLP	B-Language
to	O
openlp.org	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
beta	O
1	O
,	O
Tim	O
became	O
too	O
busy	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
openlp.org,	O
and	O
in	O
early	O
2006	O
Raoul	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
an	O
extensive	O
beta	O
and	O
release	O
candidate	O
program	O
,	O
openlp.org	B-Language
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
1	O
February	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Raoul	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
openlp.org,	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
add	O
fix	O
up	O
various	O
faults	O
in	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
new	O
group	O
of	O
developers	O
would	O
work	O
on	O
OpenLP	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
Derek	O
Scotney	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
helping	O
Raoul	O
work	O
on	O
bugfixes	O
for	O
openlp.org	B-Language
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
Derek	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
openlp.org	B-Language
that	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
,	O
one	O
that	O
provided	O
a	O
backing	O
track	O
feature	O
that	O
his	O
church	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenLP	B-Language
team	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
OpenLP	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
OpenLP	B-Language
version	O
1.9.1	O
,	O
after	O
about	O
18	O
months	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
at	O
this	O
stage	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
renamed	O
OpenLP	B-Language
back	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
over	O
2	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
OpenLP	B-Language
team	O
released	O
their	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
OpenLP	B-Language
2.0	O
on	O
27	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
this	O
first	O
beta	O
,	O
the	O
OpenLP	B-Language
team	O
announced	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
more	O
bug	O
fix	O
releases	O
for	O
openlp.org	B-Language
1.2	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
beta	O
release	O
should	O
be	O
stable	O
enough	O
for	O
most	O
churches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
openlp.org	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2.9	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Delphi	O
version	O
of	O
openlp.org	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
Qt4	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
most	O
major	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
