<s>
Seafile	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
file-hosting	B-Application
software	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
on	O
the	O
Seafile	B-Language
server	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
accessed	O
directly	O
via	O
the	O
server	O
's	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
's	O
functionality	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
popular	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
services	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Dropbox	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
difference	O
between	O
Seafile	B-Language
and	O
Dropbox/Google	O
Drive	O
is	O
that	O
Seafile	B-Language
is	O
a	O
self-hosted	O
file	O
sharing	O
solution	O
for	O
private	O
cloud	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
organizations	O
,	O
whose	O
data	O
privacy	O
policies	O
bar	O
them	O
from	O
using	O
public	O
cloud	O
services	O
can	O
draw	O
on	O
Seafile	B-Language
to	O
build	O
a	O
file	O
sharing	O
system	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
was	O
the	O
name	O
chosen	O
for	O
their	O
software	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
decided	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
abandon	O
this	O
initial	O
goal	O
and	O
refocussed	O
on	O
building	O
a	O
file	O
syncing	B-General_Concept
software	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
client-server	O
architecture	O
–	O
the	O
architecture	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
Dropbox	B-Application
and	O
other	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
service	I-Application
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Daniel	O
Pan	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Xu	O
and	O
other	O
key	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
established	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
with	O
the	O
objective	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
distribute	O
the	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
distribution	O
company	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Silja	O
and	O
Alexander	O
Jackson	O
to	O
promote	O
Seafile	B-Language
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd.	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
take	O
an	O
equity	O
stake	O
in	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
,	O
granted	O
usage	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
Seafile	B-Language
brand	O
and	O
provided	O
funding	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
interest	O
free	O
loan	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
has	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
a	O
free	O
community	O
edition	O
and	O
a	O
professional	O
edition	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
for	O
enterprise	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
edition	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Affero	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
v3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Seafile	B-Language
installations	O
–	O
community	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
enterprise	O
–	O
are	O
private	O
cloud	O
installations	O
and	O
service	O
a	O
clearly	O
defined	O
user	O
group	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
an	O
organisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
some	O
public	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
services	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Seafile	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Server	O
Community	O
Edition	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
maintains	O
installation	O
packages	O
for	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
CentOS	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
provides	O
a	O
Docker	B-Language
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Seafile	B-Language
Server	O
for	O
Windows	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
with	O
version	O
6.0.7	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
download	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
interested	O
in	O
installing	O
Seafile	B-Language
on	O
a	O
Windows	O
computer	O
are	O
referred	O
to	O
Docker	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Raspbian	B-Application
are	O
two	O
more	O
supported	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Server	O
Professional	O
Edition	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
CentOS	O
and	O
RHEL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Docker	B-Language
image	O
is	O
available	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Seafile	B-Language
Professional	O
's	O
proprietary	O
nature	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
all	O
maintained	O
by	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
servers	O
offers	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
MySQL/MariaDB	O
or	O
SQLite	B-Language
for	O
database	O
and	O
supports	O
file	O
system	O
or	O
distributed	B-Application
storage	I-Application
as	O
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	O
clients	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
running	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
clients	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
8	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
viewed	O
,	O
downloaded	O
from	O
and	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
Seafile	B-Language
Server	O
without	O
the	O
client	O
via	O
Seafile	B-Language
's	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
a	O
dispute	O
came	O
to	O
light	O
between	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
company	O
,	O
from	O
China	O
)	O
and	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
(	O
a	O
German	O
company	O
established	O
from	O
JacksonIT	O
by	O
Silja	O
Jackson	O
and	O
Alexander	O
Jackson	O
in	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
had	O
funded	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
European	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
alleges	O
that	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
and	O
its	O
predecessors	O
had	O
attempted	O
to	O
register	O
its	O
trademark	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
had	O
taken	O
steps	O
to	O
present	O
itself	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
also	O
alleges	O
that	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
had	O
abused	O
the	O
sourcecode	O
and	O
were	O
committing	O
copyright	O
infringements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
stated	O
it	O
would	O
fork	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
professional	O
version	O
and	O
continue	O
developing	O
the	O
file	O
sharing	O
software	O
independently	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
Seafile	B-Language
,	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
claims	O
it	O
hold	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
has	O
not	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
Seafile	B-Language
server	O
version	O
since	O
the	O
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
an	O
amicable	O
resolution	O
to	O
the	O
dispute	O
between	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
.	O
and	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
had	O
been	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Seafile	B-Language
trademarks	O
held	O
by	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
and	O
the	O
domain	O
“	O
seafile.de”	O
will	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
..	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
do	O
business	O
and	O
change	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Syncwerk	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syncwerk	O
GmbH	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
provide	O
software	O
updates	O
and	O
support	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
SaaS	O
services	O
to	O
their	O
existing	O
customers	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Seafile	B-Language
Professional	O
Edition	O
5.1.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
customers	O
who	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
purchasing	O
Seafile	B-Language
Professional	O
Edition	O
need	O
to	O
contact	O
Seafile	B-Language
Ltd	O
..	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
/	O
Syncwerk	O
GmbH	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
offer	O
the	O
Seafile	B-Language
Professional	O
Edition	O
(	O
or	O
software	O
derived	O
from	O
it	O
)	O
to	O
new	O
customers	O
who	O
first	O
contacted	O
them	O
after	O
March	O
,	O
10th	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
Seafile	B-Language
GmbH	O
had	O
its	O
payment	O
services	O
from	O
PayPal	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PayPal	O
had	O
accused	O
Seafile	B-Language
of	O
facilitating	O
the	O
illegal	O
sharing	O
of	O
files	O
and	O
demanded	O
that	O
they	O
monitor	O
file	O
transfers	O
and	O
provide	O
statistical	O
information	O
to	O
PayPal	O
,	O
which	O
Seafile	B-Language
refused	O
to	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
PayPal	O
reverted	O
its	O
decision	O
and	O
apologised	O
to	O
Seafile	B-Language
,	O
but	O
Seafile	B-Language
said	O
they	O
would	O
drop	O
PayPal	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
other	O
payment	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
