- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.zip
- AVincentInSpace ( @AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ) English8•7 hours ago
ohhh nooooo, who could possibly have seen this coming
not like that repo wasn’t getting constantly vandalized as people realized it contained copyrighted code that the winamp owners didn’t have the rights to which the project managers were halfheartedly playing whack-a-mole with
- fl42v ( @fl42v@lemmy.ml ) 56•16 hours ago
I know, right… Damn foss enthusiasts, you show 'em sources in order to get some cheap publicity, and those bastards immediately start raising a stink over you slightly attempting to fuck them over with licensing
- Evil_Shrubbery ( @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ) 8•9 hours ago
Llamas ass, only slightly
fucked overwhipped.
- gomp ( @gomp@lemmy.ml ) 18•15 hours ago
I must say, this whole shitshow has been pretty funny to watch :)
- taanegl ( @taanegl@beehaw.org ) 12•12 hours ago
This, and the WordPress mess, are two contenders for this years “wtf are u even doing” award.
- golden_zealot ( @golden_zealot@lemmy.ml ) English6•11 hours ago
I’m completely out of the loop. What happened?
- Supermariofan67 ( @Supermariofan67@programming.dev ) 26•8 hours ago
Winamp published their code as “open source”. Problem is…
- It wasn’t open source, it was proprietary but you can see the source code.
- Their custom license didn’t even allow forks, which is against GitHub TOS
- The codebase apparently contains proprietary code from third parties that they don’t have the right to relicense.
- The codebase apparently contains GPL code from third parties that they probably didn’t have the right to make proprietary in the first place
- TranquilTurbulence ( @TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ) 7•9 hours ago
Winamp source code was published on github, but the license said you can’t fork or share the code. Such a license isn’t compatible with github, which is all about forking and sharing.
- a1studmuffin ( @a1studmuffin@aussie.zone ) English8•14 hours ago
Sometimes the real value of a project isn’t its proposed worth, but the schadenfreude it offers instead. I’ve backed a few failed Kickstarters that I absolutely got my money’s worth on.