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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
Winamp released its source code with a license that drew a lot of attention. That’s when other apps’ code was found inside.
Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its "Legacy Player Code" on September 24 so that developers could "contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this iconic software evolve." Winamp flourished around the same time as illegal MP3 networks such as Napster, Limewire, and Kazaa, providing a more capable means of organizing and playing deeply compressed music with incorrect metadata. It plans to release "two major official versions per year with new features," as well as offering Winamp for Creators, intended for artists or labels to manage their music, licensing, distribution, and monetization on various platforms.
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