Free Software

CodeWeavers supports the concept of Free Software, or as some prefer, Open Source Software.

CodeWeavers is the leading corporate backer of the Wine Project. Not only do we support and extend the Wine Project, we draw many of our employees from Wine's long time contributors, including the maintainer of Wine, Alexandre Julliard.

We believe that software applications that extend or augment a Free Software platform, without impeding the growth of that platform, provide an excellent business model for corporate growth.

Every single product and service we have ever offered has returned all of the changes and improvements made to Wine back to the Wine Project.

If Free Software succeeds, and the basic computing platforms become open and free, then the world will see an even more dramatic burst of exciting products and services that will touch all our lives.

Proprietary Software

At the same time, CodeWeavers believes that there is a place in the world for proprietary software.

We believe that proprietary software applications that extend or augment a Free Software platform, without in any way impeding the growth of that platform, provide an excellent business model for corporate growth.

As mentioned, we are committed to the success of the Wine Project. However, it is vital that a business be able to realize revenue for its work. We believe that the CrossOver product line provides that opportunity. By packaging Wine into an easy-to-use product (some of whose CrossOver components are proprietary) we provide the community with a method to easily use our contributions to Wine while providing us with the revenue we need to sustain our efforts.