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   micky to Frankie   
   Re: Opening up the WinAmp source to all    
   20 Oct 24 23:19:37   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:55:49 -0000 (UTC),   
   Frankie  wrote:   
      
   >Opening up the WinAmp source to all goes badly as owners delete entire repo   
   >   
   >The owners of WinAmp have just deleted their entire repo one month after   
   >uploading the source code to GitHub. Lots of source code, and quite   
   >possibly, not all of it theirs.   
   >   
   >The deletion happened soon after The Register enquired about the seeming   
   >inclusion of Shoutcast DNAS code and some Microsoft and Intel codecs.   
   >   
   >https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_badly/   
      
   I have winamp but haven't been using it.  Is it likely my version, years   
   old, will continue to work as it did?   Only asking about "likely",   
   don't expect a promise.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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