Editing FileZilla (section)

==History==
FileZilla was started as a [[computer science]] class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://lifehacker.com/behind-the-app-the-story-of-filezilla-1724887234 | title = Behind the App: The Story of FileZilla | access-date = 28 March 2019 | last = Orin | first = Andy | date = 20 August 2015 | website = [[Lifehacker]] | quote = Yes, it started as a group project in the computer science course during my final year at school, almost 15 years ago. We were looking for something usable that was neither too trivial nor too big to implement and could be worked upon in parallel. Sadly I don’t remember the details anymore how we eventually settled on an FTP client. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150821032920/https://lifehacker.com/behind-the-app-the-story-of-filezilla-1724887234 | archive-date = 21 August 2015}}</ref>{{Who|date=August 2013}}<ref name="FileZillaHistory">{{Cite web|title=FileZilla History|url=http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentation/history.htm|first=Tim|last=Kosse|website=[[SourceForge]]|publisher=DHI Group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423060025/http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentation/history.htm|archive-date=2008-04-23|access-date=2015-11-04}}</ref>

Before they started to write the code, they discussed under which license they should release it.<ref name="FileZillaHistory" /> They decided to make FileZilla an open-source project because many FTP clients were already available, and they didn't think that they would sell a single copy if they made FileZilla commercial.<ref name="FileZillaHistory" /> Since its initial development in 2001, FileZilla has been released under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/|title= Project: FileZilla|access-date= 5 March 2023|work= sourceforge.net|date= 11 June 2001|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010710070950/http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/|archive-date= 10 July 2001|url-status= dead}}</ref> The FileZilla client is currently released under GPL-2.0-or-later, and the server package under AGPL-3.0-or-later.<ref name="license" />

FileZilla featured as [[SourceForge]]'s ''Project of the Month'' in November 2003.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 October 2003 |title=Project of the Month, November 2003: FileZilla |url=http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2003-11.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217072046/http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2003-11.php |archive-date=17 February 2014 |access-date=17 February 2014 |website=[[SourceForge]] |publisher=[[Geeknet|VA Software]]}}</ref>