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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

(arstechnica.com)
431 points dangle1 | 4 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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Calavar ◴[16 Oct 24 16:54 UTC] No.41861254[source]▶
We've lost a lot with the deletion of this repo. Not the code - that's already out in the ether - but the absurdist comedy of the issues, pull requests, and commit history of trying to piecemeal delete third party non-FOSS software.
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1. benatkin ◴[16 Oct 24 19:25 UTC] No.41862842[source]▶
We never had the code actually. That code is of no use to me without a proper license.
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2. rat9988 ◴[17 Oct 24 06:50 UTC] No.41867057[source]▶
Being able to read it was better than not.
3. account42 ◴[17 Oct 24 11:55 UTC] No.41868780[source]▶
Even without a license, this at least allows people to archive it before it is lost completely.
4. ◴[17 Oct 24 16:13 UTC] No.41871013[source]▶