The target groups of BerliOS were developers and users of open source software on the one side and OSS-related companies on the other.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] On April 4, 2012, SourceForge reiterated this statement on their blog and provided more specifics about the collaboration.