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Winamp Legacy player source code

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Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by lucideer »

eminence32 wrote: post #12

Open sourcing is always good, because maybe you can learn some things by reading it. Also, Winamp Legacy is a fairly important piece of software, so having an archive of its source is a great thing. But the restrictions on the source are interesting. To quote the license file: * No Distribution of Modified Versions: You may not distribute modified versions of the software, whether in source or binary form. * No Forki…

Yeah the license self-refers as "copyleft" (an unregulated term afaik), and they have been very careful to avoid usage of the term "open source" rather preferring to say things like "the source is open".

Regulated or not the use of "copyleft" still seems deliberately misleading to me - I don't think the restrictions you've listed are in line with the intent of the copyleft movement.

Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by scblock »

Source-available but certainly not open source.

"You are granted the right to view, access, and study the source code of the software. You are granted the right to Modify the software for private use only."

"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."

Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by dncornholio »

scblock wrote: post #22

Source-available but certainly not open source. "You are granted the right to view, access, and study the source code of the software. You are granted the right to Modify the software for private use only." "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…

Nobody said anything about open source

Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by [deleted] »

eminence32 wrote: post #12

Open sourcing is always good, because maybe you can learn some things by reading it. Also, Winamp Legacy is a fairly important piece of software, so having an archive of its source is a great thing. But the restrictions on the source are interesting. To quote the license file: * No Distribution of Modified Versions: You may not distribute modified versions of the software, whether in source or binary form. * No Forki…

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Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by jjordan »

rollcat wrote: post #9

Eh, here we go again, there's yet-another custom license, "Winamp Collaborative License (WCL) Version 1.0". Quick skim: > 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. It's basically "look but do not touch". I don't see why this was necessary f…

Lawyers.

Re: Winamp Legacy player source code

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Post by ryandrake »

dncornholio wrote: post #23
scblock wrote: post #22

Source-available but certainly not open source. "You are granted the right to view, access, and study the source code of the software. You are granted the right to Modify the software for private use only." "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…

Nobody said anything about open source

Yea this is just a case of a bad HN title. The source is clearly not open, even if though it is released.

EDIT: looks like the title’s been corrected!

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