Complex sentence: When Bibledit was first hosted on SourceForge, the Unix-name for the project could be no more than 8 characters, hence "Bible" and "edit" were contracted to "Bibledit".
Split into simpler sentences: When Bibledit was first hosted on SourceForge, the length of the Unix-name for the project could be no more than 8 characters. Hence "Bible" and "edit" were contracted to "Bibledit".