Project Malicious, or PM for short, is an
open-source collaboration intended on tweaking the skills of anyone actively creating project files with
Fruity Loops (high-end
electronic music generator software). The music itself is a
techno style, with various sound clips and real recordings
layered in next to the
computer-generations.
The project started in a
basement by two people only known as "
ahw_2" and "
mikek2k". In the beginning, the music was created sepratley, but using the same
Fruity Loops Studio 3 software. Swapping
CD-Rs of each other's music was the original way anything had been shared. Eventually,
ahw_2 established the idea to release the songs online. The "Project" part of Project
Malicious had begun. The "Malicious" part of the name was thought up by
mikek2k, and the full name was quickly adopted. Soon after, PM was accepted as a project at
Sourceforge, and is released under the
GNU General Public License (
GPL). Being open source, anyone can submit their work created under FL to the project. The Project Malicious home website, hosted by
Sourceforge, is the current place the project resides and is upkept.