CrossOver is a commercial program, with a private and paid license, which allows you to do the same as Wine, run native Windows software on Mac OS X and Linux. CodeWeavers, those in charge of its development, have created a fork of Wine to which they modify and add some patches and improvements with respect to the free project. However, Wine is quite functional and pleases most users.
Now have released CrossOver 15.0, the new version of this software that is now based on Wine 1.8. It comes with thousands of major changes and improvements. CodeWeavers, the responsible company will sell this new version in which many of those involved in the Wine project have also worked. With its simple graphical interface, it offers user facilities and meets the needs of companies and users who want to run non-native software.
CrossOver 15.0 brings a new and remodeled graphical interfaceIt also uses PulseAudio for system sound, Quicken 2016 now works under CrossOver, as well as other programs such as Microsoft Office, video games, etc., which now work better with the changes made. If you are interested in this software, you can try it in its 14-day Trial version for free or buy it for € 48 from the website of codeweavers.
why use windows programs in linux better to use windows for this purpose
I knew that certain licenses allow commercial distribution of some products. What I did not know is that you could make some modifications to a free and open source program, package it, close it to the public and distribute it.
Hello,
It depends on the license. BSD for example ... FreeBSD is open and Mac OS X is not ...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License#Diferencias_con_la_GPL
I understand, thanks for the link. Interesting, I did not know that license.