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|developer = Alexandre Julliard and [https://source.winehq.org/source/AUTHORS the Wine team]
|website = [https://winehq.org/ WineHQ.org]
|support = [https://wwwpaypal.winehq.orgcom/donate Donate page?hosted_button_id=G9BDG2ABR7PYA PayPal], <br/>[https://www.patreon.com/winestaging Patreon]
|license = GNU LGPL v2.1+
|source = [https://wiki.winehq.org/SourceCode WineHQ.org]
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'''Wine''' (an acronym for '''<u>W</u>ine <u>I</u>s <u>N</u>ot an <u>E</u>mulator''') is an a free and open-source [[compatibility layers|compatibility layer]] for POSIX-compliant systems such as Unix-like operating systems (Linux, BSDs, macOS, etc.) to run programs originally created written for Windows. First developed by Alexandre Julliard, it's now sponsored by the corporate entity CodeWeavers, who use uses it as a base to create an enhanced, a proprietary version known as [https://www.codeweavers.com/products/ CrossOver]. Wine is especially useful for older Windows games, as compatibility with these is typically higher than if the same games were run on modern Windows versions.
Compatibility may not be perfect, however, and there can be various glitches introduced.
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|'''[https://wiki.winehq.org/Download Official releases]'''<br/><small>Stable and dev builds</small>
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|[https://wiki.winehq.org/Haiku Haiku port]
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