Open Source
![Winamp goes open source Winamp goes open source](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/winamp-screenshot.png)
Legendary music player Winamp is about to change its philosophy dramatically, as the software is switching to an open-source model in fall 2024.
![Microsoft open sourced its legendary BASIC intepreter Microsoft open sourced its legendary BASIC intepreter](http://www.afterdawn.com/https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/Microsoft campus shot.png)
Microsoft has open sourced the original BASIC intepreter, GW-BASIC, that shipped with MS-DOS 2.0 back in 1983.
![Microsoft to acquire GitHub Microsoft to acquire GitHub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/github-logo.png)
Market rumors say that Microsoft is about to buy open source repository GitHub.
![Apple open sourced iOS and macOS kernels, available on Github Apple open sourced iOS and macOS kernels, available on Github](http://www.afterdawn.com/https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/apple 0-official-logo-ONLYUSETHISONELOL.png)
Apple, without fanfares or even a special announcement, released today the iOS and macOS kernels to the public as open source.
What we are ......
![WebOS goes open source WebOS goes open source](http://www.afterdawn.com/https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/HP logo-official-new.png)
HP has said today that it will be donating its webOS software to the open source community, just 20 months after purchasing Palm and webOS for $1.2 billion.
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![Samsung's Bada may go open source next year Samsung's Bada may go open source next year](http://www.afterdawn.com/https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/bada logo.png)
If Apple's numerous lawsuits against Android go badly for Samsung, they may already have their future strategy mapped out in the form of Bada.
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![Open source software blocked from Microsoft WP7 Marketplace Open source software blocked from Microsoft WP7 Marketplace](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/windows-marketplace-logo_displayv2.png)
Jan Wildeboer, a Red Hat employee and big advocate of open source software, has posted today that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace blocks ......
![Google getting ready to set VP8 free Google getting ready to set VP8 free](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/on2_logo.png)
As we predicted last year, it appears Google is preparing to turn On2's VP8 video standard into an open source project.
The purchase of On2, ......