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Llama Group laid off the team who had been working on Winamp and then released the source code under a license that bans users from distributing modified versio

by ndiddy 2y ago

Llama Group laid off the team who had been working on Winamp and then released the source code under a license that bans users from distributing modified versions of the code themselves and assigns copyright on any contributions to Llama Group. IMO this absolutely points to them hoping that releasing the source code would let them offload Winamp maintenance onto the community.

ezekg 2y ago
That's entirely speculation. They could just as well be winding down the project entirely, which has happened before.
- fluoridation 2y ago
  It's not speculation. Someone claiming to have been an employee posted a comment to the article. It's impossible to verify, but personally I have no problem believing it played out as they say.
- mise_en_place 2y ago
  If they're winding it down, then they may as well make it fully OSS, and ditch the components that are proprietary that they can't release. Attribution can get complex with old software IP, especially when using such proprietary components.