List of formerly proprietary software
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This is a list of notablesoftwarepackages which were published under aproprietary software licensebut later released asfreeandopen-source software,or into thepublic domain.
In some cases, the company continues to publish proprietary releases alongside the non-proprietary version.
Title | Original release | Relicensed release | Initial free relicense | Notes |
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3D Movie Maker | 1995 | 2022 | MIT | The source code and assets for entire program (minus fonts) was uploaded to GitHub on May 4, 2022, under the MIT License.[1][2][3][4] |
Adobe Flex | 2004 | 2007 | MPL-1.1 | Since renamed toApache Flexand changed toApache-2.0 |
AdvFS | 1990s | 2008 | GPL-2.0-only | HP opened up AdvFS from Tru64 UNIX. |
AOLserver | 1999 | GPL/ modifiedMPL | [5] | |
Apache Derby | 1996 | 2004 | Apache-2.0 | Relational database management systemoriginally calledCloudscape;released as free and open-source software byIBMin 2004 and donated to theApache Software Foundation |
Apache Wave | 2009 | 2009 | Apache-2.0 | FormerlyGoogle Wave.[6] |
Apus Game Engine | 2008 | 2020 | BSD-3-Clause | Released to the public by the developer after reaching aPatreongoal.[7]The source code forAstral Heroes(one of the games using the engine) was released to patrons.[8] |
Astrolog | 1991 | 2015 | GPL-2.0-or-later/ custom permissive | Has always beenfreewareand open source, but had a custom attribution demanding permissive license. |
Atom | 2014 | 2014 | MIT | [9] |
BASIC Computer Games | 1973 | 2021 | Public-domain software(Unlicense) | On December 31, 2021,Jeff Atwoodpublished an updated version of the 101 games included in the originalBASIC Computer Gameson GitHub under theUnlicense,with permission ofDavid H. Ahl.[10]On June 15, 2022, Ahl formally released everything he had ever written or edited, from prose to software, into the public domain; which includes titles likeMore BASIC Computer GamesandBASIC Computer Adventures.[11][12] |
BDS C Compiler | 1979 | 2002 | Public domain | Released by author |
BitKeeper | 2000 | 2016 | Apache-2.0 | |
Bitstream Vera(font) | 2003 | custom | Through the efforts of Bitstream and theGNOME Foundation | |
Blades of Exile | 1997 | 2007 | CPL-1.0 | Relicensed to theGPL-2.0-onlyat some point between 14 May 2007 and 12 June 2007. |
Blender | 1996 | 2003 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
BlitzBASIC(Blitz3D, BlitzPlus, BlitzMax) | 2001 | 2014 | Zlib | BlitzPlus was released as open source on 28 April 2014 under theZliblicense ongithub.[13][14]Blitz3D follow on 3 August 2014.[15][16]BlitzMax was open sourced on 21 September 2015.[17] |
BRender | 1995 | 2022 | MIT | Source code for 1997 and 1998 versions released under the MIT License on GitHub on May 3, 2022.[4]The source code for3D Movie Maker,acomputer programusing the engine was also released under the same license. |
C-Dogs | 1999 | 2002–2016 | Public-domain software/CC BY 3.0 | Source code released to the public on February 13, 2002, under apublic-domain-equivalent license.[18]The graphics were re-licensed to the CC BY 3.0 license on April 13, 2016.[19] |
Cafu Engine | 2000 | 2009 | GPL-3.0-or-later | Originally released under theGPL-3.0-or-laterlicense (with an option for acommercial license),[20]in 2016 was re-licensed under theMITlicense.[21] |
Catacomb | 1989 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
Catacomb II | 1991 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
Catacomb Abyss | 1992 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
Catacomb Armageddon | 1992 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
Catacomb 3D | 1991 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
C*Base | 1980s | 2003 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
Cemu | 2015 | 2022 | MPL-2.0 | Source code released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 on August 24, 2022.[23] |
CDE | 1993 | 2012 | LGPL-2.0-or-later | [24][25] |
ChakraCore | 2009 | 2016 | MIT | On 13 January 2016Microsoftreleased ChakraCore under theMITlicense onGitHub.[26]ChakraCore is essentially the same as the Chakra engine that powers theMicrosoft Edgebrowser, but with platform-agnostic bindings, i.e. without the specific interfaces utilised within the Windows Universal App platform.[27] |
CMU Sphinx | 2000 | Custom BSD-style license | [28][29] | |
CodeXL | 2016 | MIT | ||
Coherent | 1980 | 2015 | BSD-3-Clause | [30] |
CP/Mfamily | 1974 | 1997,[31][32][33]2001,[34][35][36][37]2014[38] | [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] | |
CuneiForm | 1993 | 2008 | BSD-3-Clause | Optical character recognitionsoftware |
Dagor Engine | 2003 | 2023 | BSD-3-Clause | Gaijin Entertainment's in-house game engine was quietly released on GitHub under a BSD license in 2023;[39][40]this open-source release will be used as the base forVK's Nau Engine.[41] |
Dink Smallwood | 1998 | 2003 | zlib-like | Some game data (e.g. sounds) not released under a free license.[42] |
DOS.MASTER | end 1980s | 2000 | public domain software | DOS.MASTER is a program forApple IIcomputers which allowsApple DOS 3.3programs to be placed on ahard driveor 3.5-inchfloppy diskand run fromProDOS.Written byGlen Bredonas a commercial program during the late 1980s, it was released into thepublic domainby his family after the author's death.[43] |
Duke Nukem 3D | 1996 | 2003 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Game code only, no data, no engine. |
Elasticsearch | 2021 | 2024 | AGPL (version unspecified) | Originally Apache licensed; taken proprietary to pressureAWS;then added AGPL[44] |
Etherpad | 2008 | 2009 | Apache-2.0 | Open sourced after being purchased byGoogle |
Extensible Storage Engine | 1994 | 2021 | MIT | Formerly known as JET Blue |
Falcon | 2007 | GPL | [45] | |
FAR Manager | 1996 | 2007 | BSD-3-Clause | Version 2.0 released as open source. |
File Manager (Windows) | 1990 | April 2018 | MIT | On 6 April 2018,Microsoftreleased binaries and thesource code,licensedunder theMITlicense, for an improved version of File Manager able to be run on Windows 10.[46][47]This version included changes such as the ability to compile in modern versions of Visual Studio, the ability to compile as a 64-bit application, and numerous usability improvements.[47] |
Fish Fillets | 1998 | 2002 | GPL-2.0-or-later | |
Free Download Manager | 2003 | 2007 | GPL-3.0-only | Free since version 2.5[48] |
FoundationDB | 2013 | 2018 | Apache-2.0 | Apple Inc.acquired the founding company in March 2015 and discontinued downloads of the software.[49]In April 2018, Apple open-sourced the database and resumed downloads.[50] |
Game-Maker | 1991 | 2014 | MIT | After some consultation with the user base, on 12 July 2014 original coder Andy Stone released the Game-Maker 3.0source codeonGitHub,under theMITlicense.[51] |
GGPO | 2006 | 2019 | MIT | On 9 October 2019 Cannon announced on his Twitter account that GGPO was now open source and available under theMITlicense.[52] |
Ghostery | 2010 | 2018 | MPL-2.0 | Cliqz GmbHacquired Ghostery fromEvidon, Inc.in February 2017.[53]Ghostery's software was open-sourced on 8 March 2018.[54] |
GEMfamily | 1985 | 1999[55] | GPL[55] | Development continued asOpenGEMandFreeGEM.[55] |
Gentium(font) | 2002 | 2005 | OFL | Through the efforts of SIL International |
Gigablast | 2000 | 2013 | Apache-2.0 | [56] |
Glitch | 2011 | 2013 | CC0 | After Glitch was officially shut down on 9 December 2012,[57]the artwork and most of thesource codewas released under theCC0license on 18 November 2013.[58][59]On 9 December 2014, a fan project to relaunch Glitch under the name Eleven beganAlpha testing.[60] |
GLX | 1990s | 2008 | SGI FreeB License | [61] |
GW-BASIC | 1983 | 2020 | MIT | [62] |
Haaf's Game Engine | 2004 | 2005 | LGPL-2.0 | Originally released under theLPGL-2.0license on 25 November 2005,[63]the following year it was re-licensed under theZliblicense.[64]On 7 August 2011, the source code used for theMac OS XandLinuxports ofHammerfightwas also released.[65] |
Hovertank 3D | 1991 | 2014 | GPL-2.0-or-later | [22] |
ILWIS | 1988 | 2007 | GPL-2.0-only | Released as free and open-source software byITC |
id Tech 1 | 1993 | 1999 | GPL-2.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toDoom.Originally released under a restrictive license on 23 December 1997.[66]The sources forHereticandHexen: Beyond Heretic(other two games using the Doom engine) were released under theGPL-2.0-onlylicense.[67]The source code for theAtari Jaguarversion ofDoomwas released under the non-free Doom Source License.[68]The source code for the3DO Interactive Multiplayerport ofDoomwas released under theMIT License.[69] |
id Tech 2 | 1996 | 1999 | GPL-2.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toQuake.The map sources were also released under the GPL in 2006.[citation needed]In 2000 the source forHexen II(another game using the id Tech 2 engine) was released under theGPL-2.0-onlylicense.[70] |
id Tech 2.5 | 1997 | 2001 | GPL-2.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toQuake II. |
id Tech 3 | 1999 | 2005 | GPL-2.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toQuake III Arena.The source code for other id Tech 3 games, such asStar Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast,andStar Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academywas also released.[71] |
id Tech 3.5 | 2001 | 2010 | GPL-3.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toReturn to Castle WolfensteinandWolfenstein: Enemy Territory.[72] |
id Tech 4 | 2004 | 2011 | GPL-3.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toDoom 3.Changes to the code had to be made to avoid use of the patentedCarmack's Reverse. |
id Tech 4.5 | 2012 | 2012 | GPL-3.0-or-later | The released version is the source code toDoom 3: BFG Edition.[73] |
Impulse Tracker | 1995 | 2014 | BSD-3-Clause | Jeffrey Lim released the source code to Impulse Tracker as part of its 20th anniversary, with the main source code released on October 19 and sound driver source code released on December 25. |
Inform | 1993 | 2022 | Artistic-2.0 | Source code for Inform 7 v10.1.0 released on GitHub under theArtistic-2.0license on April 28, 2022.[74] |
JaikuEngine | 2006 | 2009 | Apache-2.0 | [75] |
Java | 1995 | 2006–2007 | GPL-2.0-only | On 13 November 2006,Sun Microsystemsreleased much of Java as free software under the terms of theGPL-2.0-onlylicense. On 8 May 2007 Sun finished the process, making all of Java's core code free and open-source, aside from a small portion of code to which Sun did not hold the copyright.[76] |
Jumper 2.0 | 2007 | 2008 | GPL | Publicly announced on 29 September 2008,[77] |
Komodo IDE | 2000 | 2022 | MPL-1.1 | Open-sourced on December 8, 2022, byActiveStatedue to variety of factors, including the deprecation ofXULandXULRunnerand the market situation.[78] |
KornShell | 1982 | 2000 | custom; nowCPL | |
Le Lisp | 1981 | 2020 | BSD-2-Clause | |
LightZone | 2005 | 2012 | BSD-3-Clause | Company went out of business |
Lugaru | 2005 | 2010–2016 | GPL-2.0-or-later/CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source code released byWolfire Gamesupon the success of the originalHumble Indie Bundleunder theGPL-2.0-or-laterlicense.[79]On November 21, 2016, all of the assets (including those ofLugaru HD) were released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.[80] |
Maelstrom | 1992 | 1995–2010 | GPL-2.0-or-later/CC BY 3.0 | Source code for theSimple DirectMedia LayerLinuxport bySam Lantingareleased under the GNU GPL v2 on December 7, 1999.[81][82]On April 15, 2010, Andrew Welch and Ian Gilman allowed the assets to be re-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.[83] |
Marathon 2: Durandal | 1995 | 2000 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Only the code was released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license. Now known asAleph One |
Marathon Infinity | 1996 | 2011 | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
Mari0 | 2012 | 2018 | MIT | Developed using theLÖVEframework and originally available under theCC BY-NC-SA 3.0license, it was relicensed to theMITlicense on September 29, 2018.[84] |
MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer | GPL | The source code of the programs was released under theGPLin 2009 by their author, who retained the copyright.[85] | ||
MINIX | 1987 | 2000 | BSD-3-Clause | |
Motif | 1980s | 2012 | LGPL-2.1-or-later | [86] |
Movable Type | 2001 | 2007 | GPL | Weblog software |
MP/Mfamily | 1979 | 1997,[31][32]2001[34][35][36][37] | [31][32][34][35][36][37] | |
MS-DOS1.25, 2.0, 4.0 | 1982–1983 | 2018–2024 | MIT | Originally uploaded by theComputer History Museumin 2014 under a non-commercial license,[87]on 28 September 2018,Microsoftuploaded the source code toGitHubunder theMITlicense.[88]On April 25, 2024, Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS 4.0 in collaboration withIBM.[89] |
.NET Framework(most components) | 2002 | 2014 | MIT,Apache-2.0,BSD license | Starting in 2014Microsoftreleased most of their.NET ecosystem software (.NET Micro Framework,.NET Compiler Platform,ASP.NET,Entity Framework,NuGetetc.) under FOSS licenses and shifted the code to aGitHubrepository.[90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101] |
NetBeans | 1997 | 2007 | GPL,CDDL | Anintegrated development environment(IDE) forJavaand otherprogramming languages |
Netscape Enterprise Server | 2009 | BSD | Sun Microsystemsopen sourced it.[102] | |
Netscape Navigator/Communicator | 1994 | 1998 | MPL | SeeMozilla[103][104] |
OpenGLsample implementation | 1992 | 2008 | SGI FreeB LicenseArchived2017-04-20 at theWayback Machine | [61] |
Open Sound System | 1992 | 2007 | GPL-2.0-only,CDDL-1.0 | |
OpenWRT | ? | 2003 | GPL | AsLinksysbuilt thefirmwarefor theirWRT54Gwireless router also fromGPL'ed code,[105]they were required to make the source code available in July 2003.[106][107] |
Performance Co-Pilot | 1993 | 1999 | GPL,LGPL | |
PhysX | 2001 | 2018 | BSD-3-Clause | [108] |
Pinball Construction Set | 1982–1983 | 2013 | MIT | Source code for theAtari 8-bitport was released byBill Budgeon 12 February 2013 upon the recovery byElectronic Artsof the original floppies containing the source code.[109]On 24 February 2013, the source code for the originalApple IIversion was released. |
Plan 9 from Bell Labs | 1992/1995–2000 | 2021 | MIT | Applies to all the four original versions byBell Labs.[110]The first two editions were not released to the general public. The Third Edition was released in 2000 under the Plan 9 License, a license not approved by theFree Software Foundationand theOpen Source Initiative.[111][112]The Fourth Edition was released in 2002 under theLPL-1.02license, a free and open-source software license,[113]and relicensed to theGPL-2.0-onlylicense on February 8, 2014, by theUniversity of California, Berkeleywith the permission ofAlcatel-Lucent,the copyright holders at the time.[114] |
PowerShell | 2006 | August 2016 | MIT | Open sourced byMicrosoftin August 2016 onGitHub.[115] |
Qt | 1991 | 1999 | QPL | First released as open source under theQPLlicense. Later released under theGPLlicense. Qt 4.5 and later are released under theLGPLlicense. Until 2005 the Windows version was only under a proprietary license. |
RakNet | 2003 | 2014 | BSD-2-Clause | Oculus VRacquired RakNet and open-sourced it shortly after.[116] |
Rebol | 1997 | 2012 | Apache-2.0 | Following the discussion withLawrence Rosen,[117]the Rebol version 3 interpreter was released under theApache-2.0license on 12 December 2012.[118] |
Rise of the Triad | 1994 | 2002 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Only the code was released under theGPL-2.0-or-laterlicense. |
Ryzom | 2004 | 2010 | AGPL-3.0-or-later | [119][120] |
Sandboxie | 2004 | 2020 | GPL-3.0-or-later | The final 5.40 version was a source code-only release,[121]published a year afterSophosannounced its discontinuation of development.[122] |
Second Lifeclient | 2003 | 2007 | GPL-2.0 | |
Second Reality | 1993 | 2013 | Public domain software(Unlicense) | Released by Jussi Laakkonen, former member ofFuture Crew,to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original release.[123] |
SimCity | 1989 | 2007 | GPL-3.0-or-later | Free version released as 'Micropolis'[124] |
Solar2D | 2009 | 2019 | GPL-3.0 | Originally released under theGPL-3.0license (with an option for acommercial license),[125]the following year it was re-licensed under theMITlicense.[126] |
Solaris | 1989 | 2005 | CDDL | Free version released asOpenSolaris,which was discontinued in 2010. Forked asIllumos. |
Soldat | 2002 | 2020 | MIT/CC BY 4.0 | Originally limited to the game engine,[127]assets followed shortly after underCC BY 4.0license.[128] |
Source Code Control System | 1972 | 2006 | CDDL | |
StarOffice | 1986 | 2000 | LGPL/SISSL[129] | Free version released asOpenOffice.org,later released only under theLGPLlicense. (OpenOffice.org was discontinued in 2011, but forks—most prominentlyLibreOffice(licensed under theMPL-2.0license) andApache OpenOffice(licensed under theApache-2.0license)—have become its dominant successors.) StarOffice was still released separately under a proprietary license, using mostly the same code, until its discontinuing in 2011; Sun required all contributors to the main OpenOffice.org project assign joint copyright to Sun. |
Star Ruler 2[130] | 2015 | 2018[130] | MIT/CC BY-NC 2.0 | Source code and assets re-released to the public (except for music, which is kept proprietary). The assets are under a non-freeCC BY-NC 2.0license. |
Stride | 2014 | 2014 | GPL-3.0 | Originally released under theGPL-3.0license (with an option for acommercial license),[131]it became proprietary in 2017,[132]and it was re-licensed to theMITlicense in 2018.[133] |
Super Lemonade Factory | 2012 | 2012–2021 | MIT/GPL-3.0-only | Source code for theAdobe AIR(Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X) and Flixel (iOS) versions was released on 27 July 2012 on GitHub under the MIT License, the assets were included but were not free.[134]The entire source code repository for theOuyaversion was released on 4 February 2021 under theGPL-3.0-onlylicense.[135] |
Symbian platform | 1998 | 2010 | EPL | |
Synfig | 2001 | 2005 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Some more information is available on theSynfighistory page. |
Tesseract OCR | 1985 | 2005 | Apache-2.0 | Released as free and open-source software byHPandUNLV |
TextSecure | 2010 | 2011 | GPL-3.0 | Since renamed toSignal |
Torque 2D/iTorque 2D | 2006–2009 | 2013 | MIT | A combination of Torque 2D and iTorque,[136]named Torque 2D MIT, was released under theMITlicense byGarageGames.[137]The source code forLarva Mortus,a game using the engine, was released on 1 May 2009 under a non-free non-commercial license.[138] |
Torque 3D | 2001 | 2012 | MIT | Developed forTribes 2.Released as free and open-source software by GarageGames.[139] |
TurboCASH | 1985 | 2003 | GPL | |
Two Tribes Engine | 2007 | 2021 | GPL-2.0-only | On December 17, 2021, Two Tribes released the source code to their in-house game engine under the terms of theGPL-2.0-onlylicense (with an option for aproprietary license).[140] |
Ancient UNIX(Version 6 Unix,Version 7 Unix,UNIX/32V) | 1971–1979 | 2002 | BSD-4-Clause | The source code for the versions 1 to 7 ofUnixand UNIX/32V was re-licensed byCaldera International(laterSCO Group) under theBSD-4-Clausefree-software license.[141][142] |
ViewMAX | 1990 | 1999[55] | GPL[55] | |
Visual Studio Code | 2015 | 2015[143] | MIT | |
Warzone 2100 | 1999 | 2004 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Video gamebyEidos Interactive |
Watcom C compiler | 1988 | 2003 | Sybase Open Watcom Public License | Free version released asOpen Watcomunder a license which is considered non-free by the GNU project[144]but acceptable by the OSI. |
Windows Calculator | 1985 | 2019 | MIT | Windows 1.0,released in November 1985, included the first iteration of Windows Calculator. In March 2019, Microsoft released the source code of Windows Calculator under theMITlicense.[145] |
Windows Console | 2019 | MIT | In 2019, the Windows Console infrastructure was open-sourced under theMITlicense, alongsideWindows Terminal.[146] | |
Windows Live Writer | 2012 | 2015 | MIT | Anopen sourceforkof Windows Live Writer was released asOpen Live WriterbyMicrosofton 9 December 2015.[147] |
Wintermute Engine | 2003 | 2009 | LGPL-3.0-or-later | Source code released upon request under theLGPL-3.0-or-laterlicense with the release of the version 1.8.9.[148]Publicly available under the terms of theMITlicense since March 23, 2013.[149]The source code forThe White Chamber,a game using the engine, was released on 30 June 2008 under a non-freeCC BY-NC-SA 2.0 UKlicense.[150] |
Wire | 2014 | 2016 | GPL-3.0 | |
Wolfenstein 3Dengine | 1992 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Originally released under a restrictive license on 21 July 1995, it was relicensed to the GPL at some point.[151]The source code forRise of the TriadandBlake Stone: Planet Strike(two games using the engine) was also released under theGPL-2.0-or-later.[152][153] | |
Worms? | 1983 | 2021 | MIT | [154] |
XMind | 2007 | 2008 | EPLandLGPL | Mindmappingsoftware based on theEclipse RCP |
YSFlight | 1999 | 2022 | BSD-3-Clause | [155] |
ZFS | 200? | 2005 | CDDL | Released bySun Microsystemsunder an open-source license in 2005.[156]Due to aFSFannouncedlicense incompatibilityof theGPLwith theCDDL,ZFS wasn't directly integrated in Linux, but in the BSDs or MacOS due to their permissive licensed kernel which offers betterlicense compatibility.After the later owner Oracle didn't release after version 28, the community forked toOpenZFS.[157] |
See also
[edit]- History of free and open-source software
- List of commercial video games with available source code
- List of free and open-source software packages
- List of free and open-source web applications
- List of proprietary source-available software
- List of formerly free and open-source software
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Caldera Thin Clients, Inc.released the source code forGEMandViewMAXunder theGNU Public Licensein mid April, following years of speculation over GEM's future. Caldera bought the GEM sources fromNovellalong with theDR-DOSin 1996, at the time noting that they may develop GEM into a platform for mobile computers and thin clients. However, these plans were dropped, and GEM was instead released into the open-source community.
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In the wake of Lucasarts' closure today, Raven - the developers of the thoroughly excellent Jedi Outcast - have decided to release the source code for the game. Oh, and the code for its sequel, Jedi Academy, as well.
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BOLD MOVE TO HARNESS CREATIVE POWER OF THOUSANDS OF INTERNET DEVELOPERS; COMPANY MAKES NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR AND COMMUNICATOR 4.0 IMMEDIATELY FREE FOR ALL USERS, SEEDING MARKET FOR ENTERPRISE AND NETCENTER BUSINESSES
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[…] The organization that manages open source developers working on the next generation of Netscape's browser and communication software. This event marked a historical milestone for the Internet as Netscape became the first major commercial software company to open its source code, a trend that has since been followed by several other corporations. Since the code was first published on the Internet, thousands of individuals and organizations have downloaded it and made hundreds of contributions to the software. Mozilla.org is now celebrating this one-year anniversary with a party Thursday night in San Francisco.
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When I saw the announcement that the Plan Nine software had been released as "open source", I wondered whether it might be free software as well. After studying the license, my conclusion was that it is not free [...]. I am not a supporter of the Open Source Movement, but I was glad when one of their leaders told me they don't consider the license acceptable either.
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You probably thought the source release would never happen? Am I right? Well, it's there now in github at github /rebol/rebol.
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Sun's joint effort withCollabNetkicked into high gear on theOpenOfficeWeb site at 5 a.m. PST this morning with the release of much of the source code for the upcoming 6.0 version ofStarOffice.According to Sun, this release of 9 million lines of code under GPL is the beginning of the largest open source software project ever.
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Torque 2D MIT is an all new, open source, version of our 2D game development software. [...] Take Torque 2D, combine it with iTorque, add in Box 2D physics, several major enhancements and bug fixes, and make it open source. That is Torque 2D MIT.
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