Crikey - it was only added a few hours ago and it's already all kicking off on their GitHub's Issues page.
GitHub - WinampDesktop/winamp: Iconic media player
Submitted 1 month ago by tux0r@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp
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andrew_s@piefed.social 1 month ago
db2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That license is an absolute clusterfuck. It was embarrassing to even read it.
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yikes. This is really one of the most stupidest OS license I’ve ever read myself.
barkingspiders@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Such a neat piece of software, I remember streaming internet radio (somafm) and trying out different skins on my windows xp laptop back in the early 2000’s and just feeling like the cyberpunk future had arrived. Milkdrop was my gateway drug. Fun seeing it make a comeback, I hope it develops a healthy community and we get some good software out of it. Internet drama be damned.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I hope it develops a healthy community and we get some good software out of it.
Thing is, their license denies that outright.
- No Distribution of Modified Versions: You may not distribute modified versions of the software, whether in source or binary form.
- No Forking: You may not create, maintain, or distribute a forked version of the software.
- Official Distribution: Only the maintainers of the official repository are allowed to distribute the software and its modifications.
Of course, this license is in direct violation of GitHub’s ToS, which states that by hosting publicly on GitHub you accept that anyone can see and fork your code.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So one could just ignore their license and fork it anyway? Since it’s on GitHub?
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I remember streaming internet radio (somafm) and trying out different skins on my windows xp laptop back in the early 2000’s and just feeling like the cyberpunk future had arrived.
SomaFM is still around.
It looks like Qmmp can use WinAMP skins.
Apparently archive.org has a library of WinAMP skins.
Milkdrop was my gateway drug.
That was reimplemented as projectM, and there’s apparently a Qmmp plugin.
barkingspiders@infosec.pub 1 month ago
You are incredible, thank you so much for sharing!
deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Kind of disappointed that it’s not a permissive license but still glad that it’s at least somewhat available to the community.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Not open source. See the license.
Justin Frankel must be spinning
in his grave.tux0r@feddit.org 1 month ago
Open source, not free software.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
See, I would argue (and I think the OSI agrees), restrictions on distribution or access would count as not open source due to restraining how it can be accessed, examined, and run; but shared source. And that can fuck right off
HighlyRegardedArtist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Frankly, I’m baffled to see such negativity here and in the github comments.
Sure, winamp could have handled this better and just referred to the release as “source available” instead of “open source”. Then again, calling it “open source” is not that far fetched and is likely only going to annoy those who want to find fault in any case.
It’s almost like “open source” has become a religion unto itself, with fanatic zealots defining what is and what isn’t acceptable - I kindly ask you to stop that bullshit, we have enough of these already.
Having source available is infinitely better than not having it, so let’s keep that in mind. Obviously, this doesn’t mean that people cannot give constructive criticism on how to improve the situation, but most of the shit on display here make my eyes roll hard enough to cause strain: github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/6
314xel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At first I was… wow, no shit! Open source Winamp!
But then I went through the Github issues. As someone else put it, “This has got to be the most embarrassing open-sourcing i’ve seen to date.”. The licensing is a mess, the coverup is a mess. By tomorrow this is going to be as viral as Twitter’s “open sourcing” of its recommendation algorithm they did last year.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yeah it’s not open source at all. This is source-available.
Also, they uploaded the source to Shoutcast’s proprietary stuff: github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/11
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The latter hints that it’s an error and not a mistake, and maybe it’ll get fixed, and maybe even with a better license.
That said, there are a few “winamps” I can install right now (audacious, qmmp, xmms if I bother to compile it and gtk-1.2, bmp if I bother to compile it).
Something like milkdrop I’d love, but … nah.
And nah, getting back to MPD with an ed-like “client” (script with mpc) that jumps to the right entry and position by number, by name regex, by “:”-separated time format.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
27 years of tech debt will do that to you ;)