> and I have to admit that I have not thoroughly researched it So basically anything you say is speculation? Im going to add my own unfounded speculation by c

> and I have to admit that I have not thoroughly researched it So basically anything you say is speculation? Im going to add my own unfounded speculation by claiming that the original winamp source did actually contain licence violations which is why the project was never re-released after being acquired by AOL. Only after buying the project did AOL realise that the code wasn't usable as-is, so it needed further investment to rewrite and replace all the violations, and since at that point the value of local media-players was quickly diminishing they just let it be.