Open sourcing is always good, because maybe you can learn some things by reading it. Also, Winamp Legacy is a fairly important piece of software, so having an archive of its source is a great thing.
But the restrictions on the source are interesting. To quote the license file:
* 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.
I'm guessing the "No Forking" clause means I can't release my own media player based on this source code, but the language is curious because they explicitly welcome contributions and for a project hosted on Github the standard way to do that is to "fork" the project into your own account.
But the restrictions on the source are interesting. To quote the license file:
I'm guessing the "No Forking" clause means I can't release my own media player based on this source code, but the language is curious because they explicitly welcome contributions and for a project hosted on Github the standard way to do that is to "fork" the project into your own account.