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Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I must say, this whole shitshow has been pretty funny to watch :)

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm completely out of the loop. What happened?

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Winamp published their code as "open source". Problem is...

    1. It wasn't open source, it was proprietary but you can see the source code.
    2. Their custom license didn't even allow forks, which is against GitHub TOS
    3. The codebase apparently contains proprietary code from third parties that they don't have the right to relicense.
    4. The codebase apparently contains GPL code from third parties that they probably didn't have the right to make proprietary in the first place
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, there's GPL code there as well???

    I'd heard of all the others but this ome kinda snuck under the radar with all the larger issues at play here

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