It uses the same programming as livejournal, which is open-source.
It's also the result of some former livejournal moderators who got ticked off at how 6apart was running things and took their toys to go find a new sandbox, thus Dreamwidth. They've made a lot of changes to how friends lists and pages work and a few other things that make a lot of sense and are kind of cool.
If you have a pal who can give you a creation code or don't mind buying an account for a few bucks, it's not a bad place at all, just a lot smaller than livejournal (which isn't necessarily bad) and completely advertisment-free.
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It's also the result of some former livejournal moderators who got ticked off at how 6apart was running things and took their toys to go find a new sandbox, thus Dreamwidth. They've made a lot of changes to how friends lists and pages work and a few other things that make a lot of sense and are kind of cool.
If you have a pal who can give you a creation code or don't mind buying an account for a few bucks, it's not a bad place at all, just a lot smaller than livejournal (which isn't necessarily bad) and completely advertisment-free.