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Winamp ends its "open source" project that wasn't really open source

article published on 20 October, 2024

One of the major nostalgia trips of fall 2024 occurred in September when the legendary music player Winamp released its source code on GitHub. The company had promised a shift to open source back in the spring, raising high expectations. However, when the code was finally released, the reaction from the open-source community was overwhelmingly negative. Rather than being released as ... [ read the full article ]

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Winamp has ended its open source experiment, and the community response has been negative. They released the source code, but under a license that doesn?t reflect the spirit of open source, cutting off the opportunity for collaboration. Instead of making things easier, Winamp has made things harder. Try your hand at Slope Game to relieve stress amid all this news!
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