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==History==
[[File:Thibault Duplessis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=Thibault Duplessis|Founder Thibault Duplessis in 2021]]
Lichess was founded in 2010 by French programmer Thibault Duplessis.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2017/12/15/carnet-d-echecs_1616978|title =Carnet d'échecs|first =Pierre|last =Gravagna|website =Libération|date =15 December 2017|language =fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About lichess.org • lichess.org|url=https://lichess.org/about|access-date=2020-07-23|website=lichess.org}}</ref> The software running Lichess and the design are mostly [[Open-source software|open source]] under the [[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL license]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duplessis|first1=Thibault|title=LICENSE|url=https://github.com/ornicar/lila/blob/master/LICENSE|website=[[GitHub]]|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> and other free and non-free licenses.<ref>[https://github.com/ornicar/lila/blob/master/COPYING.md lila/COPYING.md at master · ornicar/lila · GitHub<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The name ''Lichess'' is a "combination of live/light/[[libre software|libre]] and chess".<ref>{{cite web |title=Why is Lichess called Lichess? |url=https://lichess.org/faq#name |website=Lichess.org |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>