Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

Post by fluoridation » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 9:07 PM UTC

fooqux wrote: post #161

Calavar wrote: post #7

We've lost a lot with the deletion of this repo. Not the code - that's already out in the ether - but the absurdist comedy of the issues, pull requests, and commit history of trying to piecemeal delete third party non-FOSS software.

The other thing we lost is that future companies will think again before making their code public. It's already such an incredibly rare thing in the wild, but now companies and their lawyers will see that Winamp was exposed to potentially lawsuitable behavior that wouldn't have come to light had they never opened the code.

Post by anonfordays » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 9:11 PM UTC

seattle_spring wrote: post #91

candiddevmike wrote: post #69

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GitHub doesn't provide nearly enough tools for moderation though. Like restricting issue creation, comments, and discussions to only certain folks (beyond the per-issue controls).

> GitHub doesn't provide nearly enough tools for moderation though Which in itself would summon the vitriol of the super-trolls. "Moderation is censorship" is the most absolutely ridiculous mantra to gain traction in the last decade.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 9:15 PM UTC

sph wrote: post #122

sangnoir wrote: post #53

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> If possible and willing to risk deletion, try to upload it on Github as well; You could have easily done this yourself, under your GitHub account in the time it took you to compose your reply (with fewer keystrokes at least). GP seems content with their self-hosted mirror.

I am away from my keyboard, is this an acceptable excuse for you? It would have taken fewer keystrokes not to compose such a hostile response, while I was just offering a suggestion to OP.

Post by anal_reactor » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 9:20 PM UTC

jen729w wrote: post #163

armada651 wrote: post #33

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That's just the reality of any platform that doesn't gatekeep who gets to participate. Eventually assholes are going to join, that's simply unavoidable.

# Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism > Good online communities die primarily by refusing to defend themselves. > Somewhere in the vastness of the Internet, it is happening even now. It was once a well-kept garden of intelligent discussion, where knowledgeable and interested folk came, attracted by the high quality of speech they saw ongoing. But into this garden comes a fool, and the level of discussion drops a little…

Post by chx » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 9:23 PM UTC

BSDobelix wrote: post #180

chx wrote: post #177

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Copyright law is universal under the Berne Convention and it prevents unlicensed duplicates of the software from legally being distributed. This is not US law, it's law everywhere, even the very few countries which are not signatories to the Berne Convention are signatories to TRIPS. Gates does not hold the copyright for MS DOS 6.22 and it's not 7 years but 70. But yes, eventually yes, see how Sherlock Holmes became…

Hmm, thanks! I learned something today,