Would be funny if Winamp gets a second life ~20 later.

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    It doesn’t say what license they are going to use, so it may not be open source. The wording is very weaselly.

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      This is news from September and linked blog post from December. Nothing happened.

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      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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        Would this allow a fork under a different name or would it have to be rewritten, replacing all original code, like Unix?

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          If they chose an open source license, a fork under a different name would be possible (else it’s not open source).

          Their wording is ambiguous, so maybe they only talk about keeping the name/trademark to themselves, which is definitely a good choice.

          It’s also not clear if they accept contributions, but they’ll likely keep deciding what features should get added or not.

          At least that’s how I understand it.