imagine if we all leave vlc for winamp again
that poor llama
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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With this initiative to open the source code,
The wording is quite evasive. They didn't say directly "With this initiative to open source" but "to open the source code." They do however mentioned collaboration and contribution.
I'm quite confused what license they would use.
Can they open source their original code? IT REALLY WHIPS THE LLAMAS ASS!!!
It doesn't say what license they are going to use, so it may not be open source. The wording is very weaselly.
IMHO, it sounds like it'll be "Source Available." Especially
Winamp will remain the owner of the software and will decide on the innovations made in the official version.
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This is news from September and linked blog post from December. Nothing happened.
Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.
The date is given on the page, which hasn’t lapsed yet.
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Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.
It's been too many years since I've dabbled in code licensing so I'm a bit in the dark as to what this implies, but if this results in a Linux fork that's capable of running Winamp plugins...
I wonder how long it will be before someone ports it to Linux
There isn't much point of that, XMMS was basically that — a faithful reproduction of Winamp for Linux between 1997-2007. Since then there's been a ton of forks — XMMS2, BMP, Youki, Audacious etc.
Audacious is still around, sort of (last release a year ago) and it's basically Winamp, it can use Winamp skins and has plugins.
XMMS! I was trying to remember what I started using when I switched to Linux. Couldn't leave my favourite theme behind. Thanks!
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My only windows machine left still runs Winamp. It may be old, but at least for playing my offline library, I really don't know what they could possibly change. For everything else, I wouldn't use Winamp anyway.
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qmmp does pretty well with the winamp skin, but it would be a treat to run the real winamp on linux
Try installing Audacious.
I would love Winamp on Linux. I just switched off Windows this year and I haven't been able to find a media player I liked yet. I haven't tried qmmp though.
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linamp really whips the penguin's ass!