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WinAmp's Open Source Story Is Over

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WinAmp's Open Source Story Is Over

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Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 months ago

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WinAmp Open Source Story Is Over

Without warning, WinAmp deleted its entire GitHub repository, effectively ending the whole story around open-sourcing the music player code.

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And it makes no mention that they were modifying and using GPL code prior to making their code “open source”.

Id argue that this story is not over until the GPL code can be confirmed removed by a third party

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