<s>
Savane	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
web-based	O
software	O
hosting	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Project	O
's	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
website	O
started	O
out	O
using	O
SourceForge	B-Application
as	O
its	O
hosting	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
was	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
was	O
changed	O
into	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
by	O
its	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loïc	O
Dachary	O
,	O
main	O
site	O
's	O
administrator	O
at	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
forked	B-Application
the	O
software	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	B-Application
fork	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
called	O
simply	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
,	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
software	O
running	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Project	O
's	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
website	O
and	O
had	O
no	O
other	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
CERN	O
regularly	O
hired	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
project	O
contributor	O
Mathieu	O
Roy	O
to	O
work	O
under	O
the	O
guidance	O
of	O
CERN	O
developer	O
Yves	O
Perrin	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
software	O
so	O
it	O
would	O
fit	O
the	O
needs	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
coordinate	O
software	O
developments	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Worldwide	O
LHC	O
Computing	O
Grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Savane	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
French	O
word	O
for	O
"	O
savannah	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
to	O
distinguish	O
the	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
two	O
main	O
instances	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
and	O
CERN	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sylvain	O
Beucler	O
took	O
the	O
project	O
over	O
to	O
ultimately	O
decide	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
FusionForge	B-Protocol
,	O
another	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
Savannah	I-Protocol
provides	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
issue	O
tracking	O
platform	O
for	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Projects	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
also	O
to	O
non-GNU	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gna	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
provided	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
issue	O
tracking	O
platform	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
France	O
.	O
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