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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 · 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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The FOSS story, yes. But the code is out there. Even the stuff they weren’t supposed to share.

Can you name any userbase more ready to pirate the shit out of a third-party fork? Maybe the people still using Media Player Classic.
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  Inwish i could control spotify from winamp man

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