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why wait this long (until Sept 2024) to opensource the code?
by GGO 2y ago
why wait this long (until Sept 2024) to opensource the code?
- captbaritone 2y agoNote that they don't actually say "open source" anywhere.
- ndiddy 2y agoWinamp has a ton of proprietary licensed library code (codecs, Gracenote API, etc) that all has to be replaced with open source equivalents before the code can be released. I believe the skeleton crew that they had working on maintaining Winamp a few years ago started on some of this work, but I'm assuming that the whole codebase needs to be audited to make sure that they're legally in the clear.
- omoikane 2y agoIt's also weird that the timestamp on the press release is "Dec 16, 1". There are 5 press releases total on that site, 2 from 2023, 2 from 2024, and this one from year "1". It just seems very strange.