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A perversion of the term "open". The licensing terms do not allow redistribution or resale, which is a condition of "open source" (as it's commonly accepted).
by abetusk 2y ago
A perversion of the term "open". The licensing terms do not allow redistribution or resale, which is a condition of "open source" (as it's commonly accepted).
Note how the title nor the repository says "open source". I would have called this source available, not that "the source is now open".
- simoncion 2y agoThe license claims that it's a copyleft license... but it cannot be one with the distribution restrictions demanded by the license. I hope that they either remove the claim that it is a copyleft license, or relax the distribution restrictions to something like "If you distribute modified versions of this Program, you may not call the modified versions Winamp.".
- abetusk 2y agoI completely missed that. The license file also says that it's "free" and ensures that we have the "freedom to use it": """ The Winamp Collaborative License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. It is designed to ensure that you have the freedom to use, Modify, and study the software, but with certain restrictions on the distribution of modifications to maintain the integrity and collaboration of the project. """ Looks like there's already pushback in the issues section [1] [2]. [0] https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/blob/community/LICENSE.md https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/blob/community/LICEN... [1] https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/16 https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/16 [2] https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/6 https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/6