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Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows.(about.winamp.com)

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Alphane Moon@lemmy.ml

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

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monobot@lemmy.ml

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6 months ago

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

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invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works

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6 months ago

Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application’s source code will be open to developers worldwide.

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Xabis@lemmy.world

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6 months ago

Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application’s source code will be open to developers worldwide.

The date is given on the page, which hasn’t lapsed yet.

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nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de

23 points

6 months ago

They’re probably spending intervening 10 months cleaning all the embarrassing comments out of the code before the initial commit.

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Alphane Moon@lemmy.mlOP

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6 months ago

Good find, I honestly didn’t notice that this was from Dec 2023.

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noodlejetski@lemm.ee

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6 months ago

it shows “Dec 16, 1” when I open the link, but the first time I saw someone post it, the date on the screenshot said “May 16, 2024 - 08:30 CEST”: https://social.treehouse.systems/@amie/112452636130622939

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