<s>
xMule	B-Language
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
X11	B-Operating_System
Mule	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
free	B-Application
client	O
for	O
the	O
eDonkey	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
network	O
intended	O
to	O
bring	O
it	O
to	O
virtually	O
all	O
the	O
major	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
particular	O
emphasis	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
xMule	B-Language
was	O
coded	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
and	O
released	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
v2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xMule	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
lMule	B-Language
,	O
itself	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
eMule	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMule	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
xMule	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2003	O
,	O
lMule	B-Language
started	O
as	O
an	O
eMule	B-Protocol
v0.26d	O
port	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2003	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
developers	O
and	O
the	O
hijacking	O
of	O
lMule	B-Language
's	O
official	O
website	O
by	O
one	O
contributor	O
,	O
lMule	B-Language
's	O
fork	O
,	O
xMule	B-Language
,	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
eMule	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
uses	O
MFC	O
(	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
)	O
,	O
xMule	B-Language
used	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
for	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
therefore	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
many	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
fully	O
supported	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
*	O
BSD	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
August	O
2003	O
,	O
Ted	O
R	O
.	O
Smith	O
,	O
xMule	B-Language
's	O
only	O
maintainer	O
who	O
lived	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
became	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
legal	O
battle	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
xMule	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
August	O
2003	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
incident	O
involving	O
Ted	O
R	O
.	O
Smith	O
,	O
aMule	B-Language
was	O
forked	O
from	O
the	O
xMule	B-Language
source	O
code	O
due	O
to	O
major	O
disagreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMule	B-Language
's	O
official	O
website	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
relations	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
projects	O
are	O
sadly	O
in	O
a	O
rather	O
sorry	O
state	O
"	O
,	O
whereas	O
xMule	B-Language
's	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
aMule	B-Language
is	O
geared	O
more	O
towards	O
the	O
present	O
end-user	O
,	O
while	O
xMule	B-Language
is	O
more	O
about	O
long-term	O
extensibility	O
and	O
viability	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
to	O
the	O
different	O
coding	O
philosophies	O
behind	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
xMule	B-Language
's	O
final	O
release	O
was	O
1.13.7	O
RC1	O
in	O
September	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
18	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
note	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
of	O
xMule	B-Language
,	O
written	O
by	O
its	O
developer	O
,	O
Avi	O
Vahl	O
,	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
xMule	B-Language
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
justify	O
the	O
decision	O
,	O
Avi	O
Vahl	O
claimed	O
that	O
eMule	B-Protocol
was	O
dead	O
and	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
peer-to-peer	O
was	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
xMule	B-Language
website	O
encouraged	O
users	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
network	O
or	O
use	O
aMule	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMule	B-Language
has	O
added	O
the	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
