<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
WineX	B-General_Concept
)	O
was	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
fork	B-Application
by	O
TransGaming	O
Technologies	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
,	O
from	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
under	O
the	O
X11	B-License
license	I-License
before	O
switching	O
to	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
running	O
games	O
created	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
under	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
its	O
primary	O
focus	O
was	O
implementing	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WineX	B-General_Concept
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
4.0	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
Gaming	O
Service	O
was	O
retired	O
on	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
announced	O
that	O
development	O
would	O
continue	O
under	O
the	O
GameTree	O
Linux	B-Application
Developer	O
Program	O
,	O
however	O
this	O
proved	O
moot	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
core	O
technology	O
divisions	O
were	O
shuttered	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
was	O
mainly	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
TransGaming	O
did	O
make	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
publicly	O
available	O
via	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
under	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
this	O
was	O
mainly	O
done	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
submit	O
fixes	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
frequently	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
quasi-demonstration	O
version	O
of	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
released	O
a	O
proper	O
demo	O
of	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
because	O
of	O
complaints	O
of	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
building	O
a	O
usable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
from	O
the	O
public	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
outdated	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
released	O
by	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
gave	O
users	O
a	O
14-day	O
trial	O
of	O
a	O
reasonably	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
with	O
a	O
watermark	O
of	O
the	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
logo	O
which	O
faded	O
from	O
almost	O
transparent	O
to	O
fully	O
opaque	O
every	O
few	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
licenses	O
under	O
which	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
do	O
permit	O
non-commercial	O
redistribution	O
of	O
precompiled	O
public-CVS	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
TransGaming	O
strongly	O
discouraged	O
this	O
,	O
openly	O
warning	O
that	O
the	O
license	O
would	O
be	O
changed	O
if	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
abuse	O
was	O
occurring	O
or	O
otherwise	O
threatened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
similarly	O
discouraged	O
source-based	O
distributions	O
like	O
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
from	O
creating	O
automated	O
tools	O
to	O
let	O
people	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
public	O
CVS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wine	B-Application
project	I-Application
originally	O
released	O
Wine	B-Application
under	O
the	O
same	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
as	O
the	O
X	O
Window	O
System	O
,	O
but	O
owing	O
to	O
concern	O
about	O
proprietary	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
not	O
contributing	O
their	O
changes	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
project	O
,	O
work	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
2002	O
has	O
used	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
for	O
its	O
licensing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
it	O
closely	O
mimicked	O
the	O
experience	O
that	O
Windows	O
users	O
have	O
(	O
insert	O
disc	O
,	O
run	O
Setup.exe	B-Application
,	O
play	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
5.2	O
introduced	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
the	O
Games	O
Disc	O
Database	O
(	O
GDDB	O
)	O
that	O
simplifies	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
settings	O
and	O
adds	O
auto-game	O
detection	O
when	O
a	O
CD	O
is	O
inserted	O
so	O
that	O
settings	O
are	O
applied	O
for	O
the	O
inserted	O
game	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
subscribers	O
dwindled	O
as	O
users	O
expressed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
complaints	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
updates	O
,	O
fatal	O
problems	O
with	O
supported	O
games	O
and	O
with	O
Wine	B-Application
having	O
achieved	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
unique	O
to	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
,	O
giving	O
even	O
better	O
compatibility	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
attributed	O
the	O
apparent	O
lack	O
of	O
interest	O
from	O
TransGaming	O
on	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
to	O
their	O
focus	O
on	O
Cider	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
Wine-based	O
API	B-Application
layer	O
for	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
systems	O
,	O
supported	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
to	O
bring	O
their	O
Windows	O
native	O
games	O
to	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
's	O
Development	O
Status	O
report	O
,	O
TransGaming	O
explained	O
that	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
modifications	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
to	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
's	O
code	O
to	O
add	O
Wine	B-Application
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
MSI	B-Application
installation	O
system	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
incorporate	O
more	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
's	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
never	O
confirmed	O
if	O
those	O
changes	O
were	O
in	O
conformance	O
with	O
Wine	B-Application
's	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
on	O
the	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
report	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
done	O
on	O
Cider	O
would	O
be	O
merged	O
back	O
into	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
(	O
since	O
both	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
“	O
new	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
2.0	O
shader	O
updates	O
,	O
a	O
head	O
start	O
on	O
shader	O
model	O
3.0	O
,	O
performance	O
upgrades	O
,	O
a	O
self	O
updating	O
user	O
interface	O
”	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
officially	O
presented	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
Gaming	O
Service	O
was	O
retired	O
on	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
's	O
business	O
practice	O
of	O
benefiting	O
financially	O
from	O
the	O
Wine	B-Application
project	I-Application
,	O
without	O
contributing	O
anything	O
back	O
to	O
it	O
has	O
drawn	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
obtained	O
the	O
source	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Wine	B-Application
project	I-Application
when	O
it	O
was	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
this	O
license	O
placed	O
no	O
requirements	O
on	O
how	O
TransGaming	O
published	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
their	O
software	O
as	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cedega	B-General_Concept
includes	O
licensed	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
types	O
of	O
CD-based	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
(	O
notably	O
SecuROM	O
and	O
SafeDisc	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
which	O
TransGaming	O
said	O
they	O
were	O
under	O
contract	O
not	O
to	O
disclose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
the	O
Wine	B-Application
project	I-Application
changed	O
its	O
license	O
to	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
anyone	O
who	O
publishes	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
must	O
publish	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
an	O
LGPL-compatible	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
halted	O
using	O
code	O
contributed	O
to	O
Wine	B-Application
when	O
the	O
license	O
was	O
changed	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
has	O
resumed	O
with	O
TransGaming	O
integrating	O
certain	O
LGPL	B-Application
portions	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
into	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
and	O
placing	O
those	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
their	O
public	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransGaming	O
offers	O
a	O
CVS	B-Application
tree	O
for	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
without	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
related	O
code	O
and	O
texture	O
compression	O
through	O
its	O
own	O
with	O
mixed	O
LGPL	B-Application
,	O
AFPL	B-License
and	O
bstring	O
licensing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
graphical	O
frontend	O
for	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
not	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
CVS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
to	O
facilitate	O
building	O
Cedega	B-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
source	O
tree	O
.	O
</s>
