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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How does this affect the average music enjoyer who plays mp3s on winamp like it was 1999?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's more likely to survive the company if it's FOSS. The app was dormant for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

If it actually were FOSS instead of source available(do not copy), yes.