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The WCL is not a copyleft license #16

Open lgrn opened 2 hours ago

lgrn commented 2 hours ago

LICENSE.md states that:

The Winamp Collaborative License is a free, copyleft license for software

The license is neither free nor copyleft, but while you can argue that a "free license" means whatever you want it to, the same can not be said about "copyleft". The second sentence on Wikipedia states that:

freedoms refers to the use of the work for any purpose, and the ability to modify, copy, share, and redistribute the work, with or without a fee.

The freedom to redistribute has been a part of the copyleft definition since the mid-1980s. Since the WCL explicitly forbids redistribution, it is not copyleft.

ZaDarkSide commented 1 hour ago

It's more like a copywrong license, seems more similar to that type. Hopefully this is a easy fix just remove copyleft word from the wording of the license.

M-Reimer commented 57 minutes ago

The whole license is a disappointment. I was a bit hyped when releasing the source code was announced but with this license I have zero interest in even having a deeper look into this.

ZaDarkSide commented 48 minutes ago

The whole license is a disappointment. I was a bit hyped when releasing the source code was announced but with this license I have zero interest in even having a deeper look into this.

It is what it is, at least you can view the source code of Winamp and if you want to contribute you can do that too.

M-Reimer commented 42 minutes ago

It is what it is, at least you can view the source code of Winamp and if you want to contribute you can do that too.

I would rather contribute my limited spare time to any of the audio players with real open source licenses.