▁into ▁dis rep air ▁during ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s ▁until ▁its ▁ste ward ship ▁was ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁Stan ▁O . ▁Bar ber . ▁He ▁released ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁patch es , ▁which ▁were ▁named ▁the ▁A CA DE M ▁series , ▁named ▁after ▁his ▁company , ▁Academ ▁Cons ult ing ▁Services . ▁After ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁the ▁source ▁code ▁was ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁Gregory ▁Lund berg ▁who ▁cons olid ated ▁the ▁A CA DE M ▁and ▁other ▁patch es ▁and ▁en hanced ▁the ▁software , ▁again ▁through ▁another ▁series ▁of ▁patch es ▁called ▁the ▁V R ▁series , ▁named ▁after ▁V R Net , ▁his ▁then ▁company . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁project ' s ▁o vers ight ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁a ▁loose ▁group ▁of ▁developers ▁working ▁as ▁the ▁W U - F TP D ▁Development ▁Group , ▁which ▁counted ▁Gregory ▁Lund berg ▁among ▁them . ▁Ar ound ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁project ▁for ▁personal ▁reasons ▁and ▁it ▁went ▁d orm ant , ▁with ▁only ▁Kent ▁Land field ▁of ▁the ▁Land field ▁Group ▁keeping ▁the ▁website ▁and ▁the ▁C VS ▁repository ▁alive ▁up ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Today , ▁a ▁new ▁series ▁( CC ) ▁of ▁uno fficial ▁patch es ▁was ▁launched ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁software ▁up - to - date , ▁again ▁c ull ing ▁for ▁patch es ▁found ▁across ▁the ▁Internet . ▁ ▁B ero F TP D ▁was ▁also ▁an