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===Software=== {{update section|reason=It is unclear whether Slashdot still uses [[Slash (software)|Slash]] or some newer look-alike since around 2009|date=January 2019}} Slashdot runs on [[Slash (software)|Slash]], a [[content management system]] available under the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref name="slashcode">{{cite web|url=http://www.slashcode.com/about.shtml|title=Slashcode: About This Site|publisher=[[Slashcode]]|access-date=January 13, 2010|archive-date=December 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229210805/http://www.slashcode.com/about.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Early versions of Slash were written by [[Rob Malda]] in the spring of 1998. After Andover.net bought Slashdot in June 1999,<ref>{{Cite news| last = Malda| first = Rob| title = Slashdot Acquired by Andover.net| work = Slashdot| date = 1999-06-29| url = http://news.slashdot.org/story/99/06/29/137212/slashdot-acquired-by-andovernet| access-date = 2016-09-08| archive-date = 2016-10-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161009135910/https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/06/29/137212/slashdot-acquired-by-andovernet| url-status = live}}</ref> Several programmers were hired to structure the code and render it scalable, as its users had increased from a few hundred to tens of thousands. This work was done by Brian Aker, Patrick Galbraith, Chris Nandor and others, resulting in version 2 of the software, released in 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aker |first1=Brian |last2=Krieger |first2=Dave |title=Running Weblogs with Slash |date=2002 |publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc. |isbn=978-0-596-00100-1 |page=1-10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oigJsLSyZUoC&pg=PR13 |language=en}}</ref> Slash remains [[Free software]] and anyone can contribute to development.
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