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Proton

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Proton

Summary

Proton is a compatibility layer[1]. Proton draws 2,455 Wikipedia views per month (compatibility_layer category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Proton's instance of is recorded as compatibility layer[3].
  • Proton's instance of is recorded as open-core business model[4].
  • Proton's based on is recorded as Wine[5].
  • Proton's developer is recorded as Valve Corporation[6].
  • Proton's developer is recorded as CodeWeavers[7].
  • Proton's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later[8].
  • Proton's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[9].
  • Proton's copyright license is recorded as zlib License[10].
  • Proton's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[11].
  • Proton's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[12].
  • Proton's operating system is recorded as Linux[13].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 4.11-5[14].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 4.11-11[15].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0-3[16].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0-5[17].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0-9[18].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 4.11-13[19].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2-9[20].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7-8[21].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 3.16-9[22].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.13-1[23].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0-10[24].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.13-4[25].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 5.13-6[26].
  • Proton's software version identifier is recorded as 6.3-1[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include compatibility layer[3] and open-core business model[4].

Why It Matters

Proton draws 2,455 Wikipedia views per month (compatibility_layer category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] Proton has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

C++ dxvk Linux Valve Corporation VKD3D

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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