OpenCD explained

OpenCD
Discontinued:yes
Latest Release Version:7.04
Latest Release Date:[1]
Operating System:Microsoft Windows
License:Open source

The OpenCD project is a discontinued open-source 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 screened programs for stability, quality, and ease of installation, and only distributed 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 (as the version suggests, released in April 2007) includes the then-latest versions of the following:

External links

Similar projects

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Open CD releases . releases.theopencd.org . 2021-04-22.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20040702113350/http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/criteria.php TheOpenCD Software Inclusion Criteria
  3. http://www.linux.com/feature/22405 An idea for Free Software CD
  4. http://www.chrisgray.me/2007/09/mutiny-aboard-the-good-ship-theopencd Mutiny aboard the good ship TheOpenCD
  5. http://www.theopencd.org OpenCD homepage