I used this for years, from version 1.9 all the way to 5.x when I moved onto other software.
EDIT: Here is the full press release.
Press Release- Inside information May 16, 2024 – 08:30 CEST Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows. Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application’s source code will be open to developers worldwide. Winamp will open up its code for the player used on Windows, enabling the entire community to participate in its development. This is an invitation to global collaboration, where developers worldwide can contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this iconic software evolve. Winamp has become much more than just a music player. It embodies a unique digital culture, aesthetic, and user experience. With this initiative to open the source code, Winamp is taking the next step in its history, allowing its users to contribute directly to improving the product. “This is a decision that will delight millions of users around the world. Our focus will be on new mobile players and other platforms. We will be releasing a new mobile player at the beginning of July. Still, we don’t want to forget the tens of millions of users who use the software on Windows and will benefit from thousands of developers’ experience and creativity. Winamp will remain the owner of the software and will decide on the innovations made in the official version,” explains Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Winamp. Interested developers can now make themselves known at the following address: about.winamp.com/free-llama
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The release doesn’t say it’s going FOSS. It doesn’t specify, but it hints that it’ll be “Source Available”. Stuff like:
Winamp will remain the owner of the software and will decide on the innovations made in the official version.
Could mean FOSS but they keep the trademark.
Yep, the press release says opening the source code. It also says they’re inviting developers to contribute.
Sure, but that’s unlikely, given the wording. “Owner of the software” is fairly clear.
Winamp still whips the Llamas ass.
Came here just to say something similar.
“Going FOSS really whips the llamas ass!”
I remember I used to use Winamp then Sonique then Foobar 2000 and that’s when I switched to Linux.
Sounds familiar.
And now there’s a foobar2000 on Linux
I’d love to see it ported to Linux and for Spotify to release a fork of it again.
Not sure if you’re able to edit the title, but this doesn’t look like FOSS, just open source.
Corrected. 👍
There is nothing here saying it will be FOSS or open-source, just source-available.
“This invites developers worldwide to contribute”
You can contribute to things that don’t have open source licenses, it’s just probably a dumb idea.
We’ll just have to wait and see what they mean I suppose
sure, and while we wait, claiming that they are releasing it as open-source is speculation, so lets not do that.
*FOSS
the dev is @The_DoctorO \o/
I didn’t know this was still around, but sounds super good and super cool and tons of people will get in on this. For sure.
I stopped paying any attention to them when they started talking about NFTs. This is cool news.
Notice they avoid using the exact term “open source” in this press release. I’m ~90% sure it’ll turn out to be under some proprietary source-available license.
I had the same though. No way they would choose that wording otherwise. they will probably just make it available, also make people who contribute sign their copyright away.
They’ve already talked about adding NFTs to it. Winamp is dead and this is it’s corpse being paraded around like Weekend at Bernie’s.
Cool. Maybe someone will finally add a mix/random option to the playlist.
I still use Winamp 5.5 or something, before it became bloated. Still kicks the same ass. Llama’s
They probably just want to cut down dev costs by outsourcing to
unpaid internsvolunteers
