<s>
WebMacro	B-Language
is	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
developing	O
Java	B-Application
Servlets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
WebMacro	B-Language
keeps	O
program	O
source	O
code	O
absolutely	O
separate	O
from	O
presentation	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebMacro	B-Language
is	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebMacro	B-Language
was	O
initially	O
created	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Justin	O
Wells	O
at	O
Semiotek	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
the	O
mid-2000	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensive	O
discussions	O
of	O
WebMacro	B-Language
on	O
the	O
Java	O
Servlet-Interest	O
mailing	O
list	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
influential	O
in	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
decision	O
to	O
move	O
their	O
Java	B-Language
Server	I-Language
Pages	I-Language
product	O
to	O
a	O
Model-View-Controller	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebMacro	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
arbitrary	O
text	O
output	O
from	O
templates	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
uses	O
is	O
automated	O
code	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
template	O
language	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
language	O
used	O
in	O
Apache	B-Language
Velocity	I-Language
and	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
automated	O
script	O
to	O
perform	O
the	O
migration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apache	B-Language
Velocity	I-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
clean	O
room	O
re-implementation	O
by	O
Jon	O
Scott	O
Stevens	O
,	O
Geir	O
Magnusson	O
and	O
Jason	O
van	O
Zyl	O
after	O
agreement	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
reached	O
on	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
WebMacro	B-Language
is	O
BSD	O
licensed	O
.	O
</s>
