# Open Source History 2000 - 2023

1. 2000
    * Availability of the Unix QT Libraries under the GPL and QPL
    * Split-up of KDE into KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Software Compilation
    * Founding of [freedesktop.org](https://www.freedesktop.org/)
2. 2005
    * OSI becomes truly international with the accession of directors from Europe, Japan and India
3. 2006
    * [Y Window System](https://www.y-windows.org) ceased development
    * Publication of the [License Proliferation report](https://opensource.org/proliferation/)
    * Creation of the [Open Standards Requirements for Software (OSR)](https://opensource.org/osr/)
4. 2008
    * Start of the [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org) project
5. 2011
    * Introduction of [GNOME 3](https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.0/)
6. 2013
    * Start of the [Mir Project](https://mir-server.io)
7. 2017
    * Ubuntu announces abandonment of [Unity](https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Unity/) in favour of GNOME 3

Sources:

* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-source_software)
* [OSI](https://opensource.org/history/)