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   Rua (ruawhitepaw@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 01:49:57 JST Rua

   Today, the source code of #Winamp was officially released. But beware, it is #FakeFOSS, as it uses a custom licence and not a standard FOSS licence. The licence states:

   5. Restrictions

   No Distribution of Modified Versions: You may not distribute modified versions of the software, whether in source or binary form.
   No Forking: You may not create, maintain, or distribute a forked version of the software.
   Official Distribution: Only the maintainers of the official repository are allowed to distribute the software and its modifications.

   https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/blob/community/LICENSE.md

   And then they have the gall to call it a free copyleft licence. WTF?

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     Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 02:15:52 JST Pleroma-tan

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     @ruawhitepaw it's foss, goyim
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 02:19:59 JST 翠星石

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     @ruawhitepaw The text at the top is intended to trick people who only read the start of the license into thinking it's free.
     
     Such derivative work of the GPLv3 appears to have been written without copyright permission and I've received confirmation that the FSF is looking into it.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 03:50:03 JST SuperDicq

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     @ruawhitepaw@chitter.xyz I'm posting it again:
     
     RE: https://minidisc.tokyo/notes/9kzm2us7v8