AFAIK, Focus is FOSS. If that’s correct, can you confirm that your issue is:
YotoPhone. They also made a version 2 & 3. Unfortunately, Yota went bankrupt.
Indeed, but as I’ve been saying in other comments, that doesn’t mean the license will be FOSS. The press release is vague, and I think that’s likely to be intentional ambiguity.
Note that it speaks of the “official version” in the next sentence, which seems to me like there will be inofficial versions which requires a more permissive license
It doesn’t necessarily require a permissive license. For example, Winamp could be willing to license the code for non-official versions or for integration into other projects, but at a fee and with limitations set by Winamp. As I’ve said in other comments, the press release is vague, and I think that’s likely to be intentional ambiguity.
The article’s text said, “Winamp will remain the owner of the software.” That does not, in fact, preclude giving it a FOSS license, nor does retaining a related trademark. GP was correct. They can make it FOSS and keep the trademark and copyright. I don’t see any reason to think it unlikely.
It’s possible. However, at no point in the post is that discussed, so it’s pretty wild speculation.
Forking someone’s copyrighted work does not change ownership of the rights in any jurisdiction that I know of. If you meant “ownership” in a difference sense, like maybe control over a derivative project’s direction, then I think choosing a different word would have made your meaning more clear.
AFAIK, it doesn’t “change” ownership, but it creates a new property with new ownership. That new ownership may be bound by he terms of the original license, but the original owner has no further control.
The open-source licenses that I’ve used don’t require surrendering copyright.
The creator doesn’t “surrender” their copyright, but someone can fork it and then have ownership of their version. “Winamp will remain the owner of the software” indicates you won’t have ownership of a fork.
Again, it doesn’t clearly state whether it will be “FOSS” or “Source Available”, but if they were planning to go FOSS, you’d expect them to say something to make that clear. Leaving it vague seems like a strategy to get attention while not actually lying.
It also doesn’t include any wording that would indicate it’s FOSS. It doesn’t say anything about being able to fork, instead using phrases like, “participate in its development”, “allowing its users to contribute directly to improving the product”, and “will benefit from thousands of developers’ experience and creativity”.
Sure, but that’s unlikely, given the wording. “Owner of the software” is fairly clear and trademark and software are very different.
The release doesn’t say it’s going FOSS. It doesn’t specify, but it hints that it’ll be “Source Available”. Stuff like:
Winamp will remain the owner of the software and will decide on the innovations made in the official version.
What does this have to do with FOSS?
Just because the software is open source doesn’t means a product running it is going to be free. Heck, even some FOSS projects have financial contributors who get perks like software support, access to pre-released software, and input into feature development.
Can it? Certainly. People have been doing so for years now.
Should you? None of us can answer that for you. None of us know your needs, your technical proficiency, or your willingness to put up with bugs/quirks
If you’re interested, you should go read/listen/watch the experiences of users and ask questions once you have some specific ones.
You really can’t compare any other country to the Great Firewall of China.
Izzy’s repo is on 0.0.63 if that interests you.
Your instance appears to be down https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
PS You didn’t edit out your username.
IMHO, that feature is very broken. It hides read posts pretty much everywhere (except saved posts I think). That means you can’t see your own posts, can’t see pinned posts/mega-threads, etc.
I figured, I was looking for the model number so we could see specs, age, etc.
What model? I’m running Linux Mint on a ThinkPad x201 and love it!
… but if you take inflation into account if the price is stable then goods are getting relatively
more expensivecheaper.
FTFY
Ah, that makes sense. Were you using Obtainium or just manually grabbing updates manually? FFUpdater can help you keep up to date, and here’s the folder of released apks. I know this messes with you workflow, but IMHO, it’s probably better to keep with the browser you like. However, if you decide to try an alternative, all the best of luck!