<s>
PvPGN	B-Application
(	O
Player	O
vs	O
Player	O
Gaming	O
Network	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
offering	O
emulation	B-Application
of	O
various	O
gaming	O
network	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
and	O
based	O
upon	O
bnetd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
most	O
features	O
for	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
Battle.net	B-Operating_System
"	O
classic	O
"	O
games	O
(	O
Diablo	B-Application
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lord	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
,	O
StarCraft	B-Application
,	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Brood	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle.net	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reign	I-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
basic	O
support	O
for	O
Westwood	O
Online	O
clients	O
(	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tiberian	I-Application
Sun	I-Application
,	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Alert	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Yuri	I-Application
's	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PvPGN	B-Application
Server	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
wanting	O
to	O
maintain	O
a	O
local	O
community	O
of	O
friends	O
rather	O
than	O
playing	O
on	O
Battle.net	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
people	O
who	O
want	O
to	O
play	O
on	O
a	O
LAN	O
but	O
with	O
Battle.net-like	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
cyber	O
cafes	O
use	O
a	O
PvPGN	B-Application
server	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PvPGN	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
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
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
;	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
in	O
a	O
CVS	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PvPGN	B-Application
is	O
mature	O
and	O
highly	O
scalable	O
-	O
a	O
single	O
server	O
instance	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
PvPGN	B-Application
1.99	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
branch	O
was	O
created	O
and	O
work	O
is	O
underway	O
to	O
incrementally	O
convert	O
the	O
codebase	O
to	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
branch	O
is	O
hosted	O
in	O
Apache	B-Application
Subversion	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
CVS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
