Top Windows Programs Open Source
CNet has a slide show with it’s top Windows programs. It’s a pretty good list. I’d agree with it for pretty much everything. What I found really interesting is that of the 9 listed, 7 are open source. Here’s the rundown with the license for the source of each:
- Audacity - GPL
- Paint.NET - MIT License
- OpenOffice - LGPL
- Pidgin - GPL
- VLC Media Player - GPL
- FileZilla - GPL
- WinPatrol - Proprietary
- Mozilla Firefox - MPL/LGPL/GPL
- Process Explorer - Proprietary
Interesting to see the penetration of open source here.
