cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agoShitting on Windows built-in media player if you didn't knowlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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And jeez what happened to it anyways? It actually used to be pretty decent back in the 98/XP/7 days :(
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoSo serious question, why not take the money, become ultra rich, then immediately start a nonprofit to recreate VLC Origin He gets to be rightfully rich, and he funds and protects a free project.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIn those times there had been more than one popular free app that suddenly started installing crap on user’s machines. I guess he just didn’t want to become attached to junkware being installed on people’s machines. I don’t have the details but may they wanted to buy the source code from him and close it?
minus-squarebairy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI would imagine whoever bought it would write a clause to say he can’t create anything similar in future.
So serious question, why not take the money, become ultra rich, then immediately start a nonprofit to recreate VLC Origin
He gets to be rightfully rich, and he funds and protects a free project.
In those times there had been more than one popular free app that suddenly started installing crap on user’s machines.
I guess he just didn’t want to become attached to junkware being installed on people’s machines.
I don’t have the details but may they wanted to buy the source code from him and close it?
I would imagine whoever bought it would write a clause to say he can’t create anything similar in future.