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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-up1·3 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-up2·2 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-up2·3 days agoI would imagine whoever bought it would write a clause to say he can’t create anything similar in future.
minus-squareShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoBecause people would immediately call him a sell out. And because it then would be the property of whatever company, and he could be tied legally from recreating it.
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.
Because people would immediately call him a sell out. And because it then would be the property of whatever company, and he could be tied legally from recreating it.