Wine (software)

:This article is about the Wine software. See wine for an article about the beverage of the same name. WINE redirects here.

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Wine is a project to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to run x86 programs for Microsoft Windows. Alternately, those wishing to port a Windows application to a Unix-like system can compile it against the Wine libraries.

Related Topics:
PC - Unix-like - Operating system - X Window System - X86 - Microsoft Windows - Port - Compile - Libraries

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The name was derived from the recursive acronym "Wine Is Not an Emulator" (it implements a compatibility layer), although some have used the unofficial expansion "Windows Emulator". Although the forms "WINE" and "wine" of the name are sometimes used, the developers have agreed on the now correct "Wine".

Related Topics:
Recursive acronym - Compatibility layer

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Wine is free software, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It was originally released under the same MIT License as the X Window System, but, owing to concern about proprietary versions of Wine not contributing changes back to the core project, work, as of March 2002, is licensed under the LGPL.

Related Topics:
Free software - GNU Lesser General Public License - MIT License - Proprietary - 2002

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