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GitHub - WinampDesktop/winamp: Iconic media player (github.com)
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[โ€“] daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So one could just ignore their license and fork it anyway? Since it's on GitHub?

[โ€“] patatahooligan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

You would still not be allowed to to redistribute it though. Others would not be able to build your code and distribute binaries either. Just the act of creating a fork is not enough to create a viable project.