Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
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Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#2Justin Frankel (Winamp author) response here: https://www.askjf.com/index.php?q=7357s
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Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#4It still has this:
> This custom License aims to maintain the collaborative nature of the project while restricting the distribution of modified versions.
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#5So basically this change allows contributors to fork the repo in order to offer pull requests, and nothing else changes.
The dotting and crossing of Is a Ts, sort of like how users of social media platforms grant those platforms certain rights to their posts and comments in order to allow the platforms to copy/distribute/publish that content.
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#6It still has this: > This custom License aims to maintain the collaborative nature of the project while restricting the distribution of modified versions.
They were never going to remove that as this is all about only them benefiting from free dev resources.
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#7It still has this: > This custom License aims to maintain the collaborative nature of the project while restricting the distribution of modified versions.
They were never going to remove that as this is all about only them benefiting from free dev resources.
I feel like programmers didn't care as much back in the days of Winamp. Doing plugins, skins and stuff. But the sentiment have changed. The age of freeware, nagware (Winrar) and shareware is gone.
It is all spyware or FOSS nowadays ...
I would have liked a Winamp port to Linux for nostalgias sake. But, dunno why anyone would bother with it now when you'd need to be sneaky about it or don't share it openly.
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were never going to remove that as this is all about only them benefiting from free dev resources.
I feel like programmers didn't care as much back in the days of Winamp. Doing plugins, skins and stuff. But the sentiment have changed. The age of freeware, nagware (Winrar) and shareware is gone. It is all spyware or FOSS nowadays ... I would have liked a Winamp port to Linux for nostalgias sake. But, dunno why anyone would bother with it now when you'd need to be sneaky about it or don't share it openly.
XMMS2!
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#9Someone should make a ML model called Winamp to compete with Meta's Llama.
Re: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were never going to remove that as this is all about only them benefiting from free dev resources.
I feel like programmers didn't care as much back in the days of Winamp. Doing plugins, skins and stuff. But the sentiment have changed. The age of freeware, nagware (Winrar) and shareware is gone. It is all spyware or FOSS nowadays ... I would have liked a Winamp port to Linux for nostalgias sake. But, dunno why anyone would bother with it now when you'd need to be sneaky about it or don't share it openly.
I wonder, would publishing a diff be against the license?