Winamp Going Open Source in 2024 - Mobile Player Release & Future Plans

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    Winamp is planning on going open source on September 24, 2024.

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                                            "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.

    My thoughts
                            I'm really looking forward to seeing developers contribute and improve on it, though I have no plans on using Windows as a daily driver again.  I did use Winamp back in my last job when I was using Windows.

    Sure would be nice to see this show up on Linux

            From how it was phrased by the CEO, I don't think the mobile app will be open source.  Hope I'm wrong because I'd love to see this on F-Droid. 

    I sure hope there won't be NFTs in the mobile app.

Sources

                    https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code