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OpenCD
Stable release
7.04[1]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Licenseopen source
Websitehttp://theopencd.org/

The now defunct OpenCD project aimed to introduce users of Microsoft Windows to the benefits of free and open source software (FOSS). It is a CD image that can freely be downloaded and copied. The OpenCD team screens programs for stability, quality, and ease of installation, and only distributes programs available under an OSI-approved open source license[2], which allows users to freely use and distribute the disc as they wish. It was sponsored by Canonical Ltd., for a period.

The project was started in April 2002 in response to an article on linux.com by astrophysics student Henrik Nilsen Omma.[3]

In September 2007, project lead Chris Gray left the project to pursue his own open source disc, called OpenDisc, citing numerous difficulties[4] which he believed were negatively affecting the progress of the OpenCD project. As of September 27, 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development.[5]

Version 07.04

Version 07.04 includes the latest versions of the following:

Inkscape program page
Inkscape program page

References

  1. ^ OpenCD Release List and ISO downloads
  2. ^ TheOpenCD Software Inclusion Criteria
  3. ^ An idea for Free Software CD by Henrik Nilsen Omma, April 20, 2002.
  4. ^ Mutiny aboard the good ship OpenCD, September 27, 2007.
  5. ^ OpenCD homepage, September 27, 2007.

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