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WinAmp's Open Source Story Is Over

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WinAmp's Open Source Story Is Over

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WinAmp Open Source Story Is Over

Without warning, WinAmp deleted its entire GitHub repository, effectively ending the whole story around open-sourcing the music player code.

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So the only ones who could actually go after them to force anything are the ones who originally wrote that GPL code

Not necessarily, the SFC is involved in a big case regarding Vizio about this right now.

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