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==Technical==
Open Library began in 2006 with [[Aaron Swartz]] as the original engineer and leader of the Open Library's technical team.<ref name="BBC2007">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6924022.stm | access-date=2010-07-06 | title=A library bigger than any building | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=2007-07-31 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127185623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6924022.stm | archive-date=2009-11-27 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian2009">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books | access-date=2010-07-06 | title=Why you can't find a library book in your search engine | newspaper=The Guardian | date=2009-01-22 | ___location=London | first=Wendy M | last=Grossman | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114010642/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books | archive-date=2014-01-14 }}</ref> The project was led by [[George Oates]] from April 2009 to December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/people/george08 |title=George |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055108/https://openlibrary.org/people/george08 |archive-date=2017-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> Oates was responsible for a complete site redesign during her tenure.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oates |first=George |url=http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/03/17/announcing-the-open-library-redesign/ |title=Announcing the Open Library redesign « The Open Library Blog |publisher=Blog.openlibrary.org |date=2010-03-17 |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627185859/http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/03/17/announcing-the-open-library-redesign/ |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> In 2015, the project was continued by Giovanni Damiola<ref name=":0" /> and then Brenton Cheng<ref name=":0" /> and Mek Karpeles<ref name=":0" /> in 2016.
The site was redesigned and relaunched in May 2010. Its codebase is on [[GitHub]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/|title=internetarchive/openlibrary · GitHub|publisher=GitHub.com|access-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810081247/https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary|archive-date=2015-08-10}}</ref> The site uses Infobase, its own database framework based on [[PostgreSQL]], and Infogami, its own [[Wiki software|Wiki engine]] written in [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/about/tech |title=About the Technology |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627065429/https://openlibrary.org/about/tech |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> The source code to the site is published under the [[Affero General Public License|GNU Affero General Public License]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/developers/licensing |title=Developers / Licensing |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627074555/https://openlibrary.org/developers/licensing |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref><ref name=gitlic>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/LICENSE|title=openlibrary/LICENSE at master · internetarchive/openlibrary · GitHub|publisher=GitHub.com|access-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122093343/https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/LICENSE|archive-date=2017-01-22}}</ref>
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