About OpenSlides
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System requirements
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- `Django 1.3+ <https://www.djangoproject.com/>`_
- `Python 2.5+ <http://python.org/>`_
- Web browser

License
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OpenSlides is Free Software released under the **GNU General Public
License (GNU GPL)** version 2+. The software is free to use without
restrictions, may be modified and that modifications may be
distributed.  A copy of the license is included with every release of
OpenSlides and can be read also in the source code repository.

History
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In 2005, an internal prototype of OpenSlides was developed
specifically for use on general meetings of the federal association of
`protestant student community (Bundes-ESG)
<http://www.bundes-esg.de>`_ in Germany by Emanuel Schütze in PHP. In
late 2010 Oskar Hahn and Emanuel Schütze began with a new development
in Python/Django and build up a Free Software project, called
"OpenSlides". OpenSlides was published under the GNU GPL in August
2011. Version 1.0 is released on September 12th 2011. The first
productive use of OpenSlides happened at the general meeting of
the ESG in Hanover/Germany in mid-september 2011.

References
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Events which used OpenSlides
(Please send additions to support@openslides.org!):

- Bundesversammlung, `Evangelischen StudentInnengemeinde in der
  Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ESG) <http://www.bundes-esg.de>`_
- Mitgliederversammlung, `Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Evangelischen Jugend in Deutschland e. V. (aej) <http://aej-online.de>`_
- Bundesparteitag, `Piratenpartei Deutschland <http://www.piratenpartei.de>`_