Editing Winamp (section)

== Source code release ==
On May 16, 2024, Llama Group announced that Winamp would be going partially [[open source]] on September 24, 2024.<ref name="open">{{cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows. |url=https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code |accessdate=2024-05-16 |publisher=Llama Group |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing - and why |url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/winamp-is-not-going-open-source-heres-what-it-is-doing-and-why/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |publisher=[[ZDNET]] |language=en}}</ref> The source code was released in a [[GitHub|GitHub repository]] under the "''Winamp Collaborative License''", a license restricting the ability to create [[Fork (software development)|forks]] or distribute modified [[Binary file|binaries]] (which is not considered free or open source<ref>{{cite web |last=List |first=Jenny |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Winamp Releases Source Code, But Is It Really Open? |url=https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/winamp-releases-source-code-but-is-it-really-open/ |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=[[Hackaday]] |quote=paragraph five of the Winamp Collaborative License […] prohibits distribution of modified versions or forks, and stipulates that only the official maintainers can distribute it. This doesn’t sound like open source to us}}</ref>) and requires [[Copyright transfer agreement|waiving ownership]] of contributions to Llama Group.

After the source code was released, multiple pieces of [[proprietary software|proprietary source code]] were found: the entirety of the [[Shoutcast|SHOUTcast]] server software, as well as code from Microsoft, [[Dolby]] and [[Intel]].<ref name=at8oct /> After ''[[The Register]]'' contacted the Llama Group about the code on October 15, 2024, the GitHub repository was deleted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Proven |first1=Liam |title=Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_badly/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=The Register |date=16 October 2024}}</ref>