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Credits
#######
-CodeIgniter was originally developed by `Rick
-Ellis <http://www.ellislab.com/>`_ (CEO of `EllisLab,
-Inc. <http://ellislab.com/>`_). The framework was written for
-performance in the real world, with many of the class libraries,
-helpers, and sub-systems borrowed from the code-base of
-`ExpressionEngine <http://www.expressionengine.com/>`_.
+CodeIgniter was originally developed by `Rick Ellis <http://www.ellislab.com/>`_
+(CEO of `EllisLab, Inc. <http://ellislab.com/>`_). The framework was written for
+performance in the real world, with many of the class libraries, helpers, and
+sub-systems borrowed from the code-base of `ExpressionEngine
+<http://www.expressionengine.com/>`_.
+
+It was, for years, developed and maintained by EllisLab, the ExpressionEngine
+Development Team and a group of community members called the Reactor Team.
+
+In 2014, CodeIgniter was acquired by the `British Columbia Institute of Technology
+<http://bcit.ca/>`_ and was then officially announced as a community-maintaned
+project.
-It is currently developed and maintained by the ExpressionEngine
-Development Team.
Bleeding edge development is spearheaded by the handpicked contributors
of the Reactor Team.
-A hat tip goes to Ruby on Rails for inspiring us to create a PHP
-framework, and for bringing frameworks into the general consciousness of
-the web community. \ No newline at end of file
+A hat tip goes to Ruby on Rails for inspiring us to create a PHP framework, and
+for bringing frameworks into the general consciousness of the web community. \ No newline at end of file