<s>
Slash	B-Protocol
(	O
Slashdot-Like	O
Automated	O
Storytelling	O
Homepage	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
,	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
Slashdot	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
oldest	O
collaborative	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slash	B-Protocol
has	O
also	O
been	O
known	O
as	O
Slashcode	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slash	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
modules	O
,	O
plugins	O
and	O
applets	O
scripts	O
or	O
programs	O
executed	O
by	O
the	O
server	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Slash	B-Protocol
were	O
written	O
by	O
Rob	O
Malda	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Slashdot	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rehash	O
remains	O
primarily	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
anyone	O
can	O
contribute	O
to	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoylentNews	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Slashdot	O
using	O
a	O
2009	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Slashdot	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Casadevall	O
(	O
NCommander	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Ubuntu	O
core	O
developer	O
,	O
and	O
SoylentNews	B-Protocol
Public	O
Benefit	O
Corporation	O
(	O
SN	O
PBC	O
)	O
president	O
.	O
</s>
