Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
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Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#2I was afraid something like this would happen. Glad I downloaded the enitre repo soon after it was opened.
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#3Hah, called it:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41645867
> Oh.... they vendored everything, including a bunch of external x86 binaries. 32- and 64-bit. FFS.
> But also - I sure hope they got the licensing correct for those parts...
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#4I was afraid something like this would happen. Glad I downloaded the enitre repo soon after it was opened.
Any chance you could mirror it...?
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#5I’ll just leave this here. https://webamp.org/
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#6I’ll just leave this here. https://webamp.org/
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Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#7We'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.
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#8A little glimpse into what a lot of proprietary code bases look like - or at least did a couple decades ago.
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#9I’ll just leave this here. https://webamp.org/
Complete with milkdrop and skins.. love it
Re: Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
#10I don't really understand why people complained.
The source is open, if don't want to contribute, don't. Just because something doesn't fit a specific definition it doesn't mean it's not worth of existence.