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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 145 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

WACUP

https://getwacup.com/

Replacing native Winamp code with modern code with frequent updates by one of the most prolific classic Winamp developers.

It's fantastic.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But does it whip the llamas ass?

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Naturally

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

wacup! it really whips the ladspa's ass!

[–] skaffi@infosec.pub 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What a shame that it isn't open source.

I'll happily continue to use Audacious with a Winamp skin.

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, given the very unorthodox nature of it as it is today, I don't know that Dr0 can legally open source it until he's finished replacing literally all legacy functions with new code, even if they wanted to. But I can understand your position.

[–] skaffi@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whether that's the case or not, I think it is secondary to the fact that he clearly says on the website that he definitely doesn't want it to go open source, for as long as he is working on it.

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He defines that as wanting to be in control of the project so long as he has the passion to work on it solo. But it's somewhat implied that if he had to let it go, he may open source his work. I can understand that. DrO was one of the primary and most prolific Winamp plugin devs back in it's heyday as well. So if you ever used Winamp itself (closed source) you have already trusted his code on much more vulnerable OSes, imo.

I feel like he's earned the limited trust this requires.

[–] moonburster@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

And you can set the visuals to unlimited fps, which is fun on a good screen

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's so interesting!

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

Geiss support tho?