Winamp contained modified GPL code, violating the GPL

They added 4 lines of no real consequence in their version:

https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp/issues/265#issuecomm...

> It's technically a GPL violation, but not a massive one

Keep going through that thread, there's other stuff added too.

No company is ever going to release a closed source retired product again.

If they're not infringing on free software licenses I don't see why this would impact that decision.

Related: Winamp removed "No forking" restriction from license (36 points, 1 day ago, 11 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41650355

Who are we kidding, they're all doing it. I'd be willing to bet 80% at least of proprietary distributed binaries contain FOSS software and are in violation of licenses.