<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Service	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
called	O
openSUSE	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Service	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
complete	O
distribution	O
development	O
platform	O
designed	O
to	O
encourage	O
developers	O
to	O
compile	O
packages	O
for	O
multiple	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
including	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
,	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mandriva	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
and	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
typically	O
simplifies	O
the	O
packaging	O
process	O
,	O
so	O
developers	O
can	O
more	O
easily	O
package	O
a	O
single	O
program	O
for	O
many	O
distributions	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
releases	O
,	O
making	O
more	O
packages	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
regardless	O
of	O
what	O
distribution	O
they	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Build	B-Application
Service	I-Application
software	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
acknowledgement	O
of	O
its	O
usefulness	O
to	O
the	O
wider	O
Linux	B-Application
community	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
has	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
will	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Developer	O
Network	O
(	O
LDN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
various	O
companies	O
,	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
project	O
and	O
Tizen	B-Application
are	O
using	O
it	O
for	O
developing	O
their	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
can	O
either	O
run	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Service	I-Application
as	O
a	O
private	O
installation	O
,	O
or	O
utilize	O
public	O
instances	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
openSUSE	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Service	I-Application
located	O
at	O
build.opensuse.org,	O
hosted	O
by	O
SUSE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
packager	O
has	O
a	O
"	O
home	O
"	O
project	O
by	O
default	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
upload	B-Application
sources	O
and	O
definitions	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
build	O
RPM	B-Application
or	O
Debian	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
each	O
upload	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Build	B-Application
Service	I-Application
schedules	O
the	O
changed	O
packages	O
to	O
be	O
rebuilt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Build	B-Application
Service	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
public	O
API	B-Application
which	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
several	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
integrating	O
the	O
Build	B-Application
Service	I-Application
into	O
Eclipse	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
project	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Qt	B-Language
Creator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
