From 237c896301f810f778892a6c65cc03574e42af78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nukeop <12746779+nukeop@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:47:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Winamp open sourcing drama (#19) --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3fb1381..2a4c3d2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -850,6 +850,16 @@ voat/voat - Scalability drama [WICG/interventions/issues/18](https://github.com/WICG/interventions/issues/18) +[https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp](https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp) +* Summary + * Winamp have open sourced the original player's code + * They have chosen a custom license, forbidding forks, and distributing modifications among other things + * Github users are outraged, started arguing in issues, and opened several troll pull requests +* Issues with drama: +- [Please tone it down, I don't want Winamp to regret opensourcing](https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/56) +- [License violates Github TOS](https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/6) + + [xenia-canary/xenia-canary/pull/180](https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/pull/180) * Summary * One of developers of Xenia, an Xbox 360 emulator, added an anti-feature that plays loud noises when loading ISO images, together with nagging messages about "piracy".