Elgg (software)
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| Developer(s) | The Elgg Foundation and the open source community |
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| Stable release | 1.7.10 / June 1, 2011 |
| Preview release | 1.8 beta 1 / May 11, 2011 |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Social networking |
| License | GPL 2 |
| Website | elgg.org |
Elgg is open source social networking software that provides individuals and organizations with the components needed to create an online social environment. It offers blogging, microblogging, file sharing, networking, groups and a number of other features.
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[edit] History
Elgg was founded in 2004 by Ben Werdmuller von Elgg and David Tosh. Combining their experience - Werdmuller was a web entrepreneur who had been building and facilitating online communities since 1995, while Tosh was a postgraduate student in online education - they created a social networking approach to e-learning[1], with the latter designing the architecture and writing most of the code. Subsequently, they founded the company Curverider Ltd to continue the development of the software and to provide Elgg-related services. Elgg has since become a cross-purpose open source social networking platform.
In April 2009, Werdmuller decided to leave the project[2]. In May 2010 a hosted version of Elgg launched in beta. The company behind Elgg is Curverider Limited. In December 2010, Curverider was acquired by Thematic Networks and Elgg was transferred to a non-profit foundation[3][4][5].
Elgg is free to download and use. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation. Elgg runs on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) platform. Elgg is used as the engine of the N-1/Lorea, the main social network of the Spanish 15-M political movement.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Elgg - social network software for education ReadWriteWeb, 2006.
- ^ End of an era, start of a new one benwerd.com, 2009.
- ^ A foundation, acquisition and change blog.elgg.org, 2010.
- ^ The Elgg Foundation benwerd.com, 2010.
- ^ The Elgg Foundation www.downes.ca, 2010.
- ^ N-1, red social del movimiento #15M
