Winamp
Less than a month after the legendary MP3 player Winamp made its source code public, the company has made a sudden U-turn and removed its code from distribution.
The source code of Winamp has now been officially released. However, it hasn't become a pure open-source project, as its licensing terms prohibit the creation of new, different versions.
Legendary music player Winamp is about to change its philosophy dramatically, as the software is switching to an open-source model in fall 2024.
Legendary MP3 player Winamp turned 25 years in April, 2022.
Time to look back at the tech news from July, 1999 when Winamp and Sonique were fighting for the MP3 player dominance.
Winamp has gone through several ownership changes ever since AOL gave up hopes with the legendary music player and the program has been on permanent ......
Earlier this week, AOL completed the sale of Winamp and Shoutcast, ending a month-long search for a new owner after the company had announced it was going to shutdown the popular media player and radio service.
Even though Winamp's supposed shut down date of December 20th has come and gone and the software is still available, streaming giant Spotify has released a tribute to the media player, a new client dubbed Spotiamp.
AOL, which announced last month to significant outcry that media player Winamp and its companion Shoutcast radio service would be shutting down forever, appears to have saved the companies.
Despite rumors that Microsoft may come to save the day, one fan took matters into his own hands, starting a petition on Change.org the day of the announcement begging AOL to make the software open-source rather than shutting it down for good.
The outpour of support for the software was great, and a petition on Change.org reached nearly 6000 signatures overnight to save the media player or at least make it open source.
After 15 years, the end of an era is here. Media player Winamp will shut down for good on December 20th.
Winamp, made popular in the late 90s as a light media player with a heavy feature set, has finally made its way over to Macs.
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Winamp has introduced a beta version of their Winamp for Android app this week, giving Android 2.1 (and higher) users a powerful music management ......
