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

(arstechnica.com)
431 points dangle1 | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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croemer ◴[16 Oct 24 17:54 UTC] No.41861797[source]▶
The issues are still preserved by archive.org, e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20241009234026/https://github.co...
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n3storm ◴[16 Oct 24 20:40 UTC] No.41863623[source]▶
This is why archive was down?
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readyplayernull ◴[16 Oct 24 21:25 UTC] No.41863995[source]▶
It's WWII all over again with switched roles, and hacktivits DDOSed archive.org
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1. yapyap ◴[17 Oct 24 01:30 UTC] No.41865590{3}[source]▶
What in the world does that sentence even mean in this context?
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