History
The Greenfoot project was initiated by Michael Kölling in 2003, and a first prototype was built by Poul Henriksen (Masters student) and Michael Kölling (supervisor) in 2003/2004. From 2005 development was continued involving the other members of the BlueJ Group at the University of Kent and Deakin University.
The first full release, Greenfoot version 1.0, was published on 31 May 2006, with further releases following occasionally thereafter.
In May 2007, the Greenfoot project was awarded the "Duke's Choice Award" in the category "Java Technology in Education", and in 2010 it won the "Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware".
In March 2009, Greenfoot project became Free and Open Source Software, and licensed under GNU GPL with Classpath exception.
In August 2009, a textbook was published that teaches programming with Greenfoot.
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