Editing BerliOS (section)

== Closure ==
The operators of the BerliOS project announced that BerliOS would close at the end of 2011 due to lack of sufficient funding and support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37450 |title=BerliOS will be closed on 31.12.2011 |website=BerliOS |date=2011-09-30 |accessdate=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209141200/http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37450 |archive-date=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the news of the pending closure spread, BerliOS received numerous rescue proposals. As a result, it was later announced that BerliOS would continue as a non-profit institute run by a combination of volunteers, donations and corporate sponsorship.<ref name="berlios">{{cite web|url=http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37533 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103234708/https://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37533 |archive-date=2012-01-03 |url-status=dead |title=BerliOS continues – non-profit association is founded |date=2011-10-31 |website=BerliOS |accessdate=2017-07-19}}</ref>

On February 23, 2012, BerliOS announced on their blog that a cooperation agreement had been signed with [[SourceForge]], which meant that all projects hosted on BerliOS' systems would be automatically mirrored in new and separate projects on SourceForge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.berlios.de/devlog/blog/2012/02/23/berlios-technical-improvements-and-cooperation-with-sourceforge |title=BerliOS: Technical improvements and cooperation with SourceForge |date=2012-02-23 |website=BerliOS Developer Weblogs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117023239/http://developer.berlios.de/devlog/blog/2012/02/23/berlios-technical-improvements-and-cooperation-with-sourceforge |archive-date=2013-01-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On April 4, 2012, SourceForge reiterated this statement on their blog and provided more specifics about the collaboration.<ref name="sourceforge">{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/berlios-projects-saved-moving-to-sourceforge-for-distribution/ |title=BerliOS Projects Saved, Moving to SourceForge for Distribution |website=SourceForge Community Blog |date=2012-04-04 |accessdate=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503103704/https://sourceforge.net/blog/berlios-projects-saved-moving-to-sourceforge-for-distribution/ |archive-date=2016-05-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2014 BerliOS announced that they would disable their hosting services on 30 April 2014.<ref name="berlios2">{{cite web|url=http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=39221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209084941/http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=39221 |archive-date=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |title=Neues berliOS-Portal gestartet |website=BerliOS |date=2014-01-28 |accessdate=2016-07-12}}</ref>