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Gnutella v.56 Out?

Posted by Hemos on from the i'm-not-dead-yet dept.

GnutellaFanBoy writes "If you said Gnutella is dead gnutella.nerdherd.net would like to tell you otherwise. Currently a version .56 is available for download. If your wondering who is still developing gnutella, read this excerpt from their FAQ: In the interest of protecting those involved, it can only be said that these versions are being produced by someone with access to the source code. No, of course they're not official in the gnullsoft sense, but let's just say that they're legitimate. I would certainly expect more versions, since we've already seen several materialize. Also of intrest is the protocol specs are out, and people are working on *nix ports. "

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  1. Collapsing under it's own weight by unicorn · · Score: 4

    Maybe it's just me, but the GnutellaNet sure seems to be collapsing under it's own weight, and user's greed. I have been running it, but am quickly starting to realize that there isn't much point to it, anymore. It's been over a week since I've had anything successfully download. And over the weekend, at least half a dozen people grabbed a huge mpg off my system, how many copies of it are now available for grabbing - 1. Nice to see that once people leech the stuff, they have no intention of sharing it back out, thus reducing the potential load on my machine.

    And last but not least, what's the point anyhow. I know that the pages about the program, claim that it's a tool for filesharing. But be realistic. There are a million easier ways to share files, that are far more reliable. If I have a file to share with a bud, I'll email it to him. Not tell him to log into Gnutella, and grab it. Or I'll toss it onto something like FilesAnywhere. The only reason that I can think of, that people love stuff like this, is it's so much more anonymous than even an FTP site. After all, someone has to be a designated contact for a domain name. On Gnutella, et al, nobody has to identify themselves at all.

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  2. Protocol specs URL correction by dlc · · Score: 4

    ...Actually, the protocol specs are at http://capnbry.dyndns.org/gnutella /protocol.html

    darren


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  3. I wonder...? by emerson · · Score: 5

    I wonder how the FSF feels about the GNU name being to promote a piece of software whose authors allege they won't give out its source code until the 1.0 release is done, which now looks exceedingly unlikely ever to happen?

    I wonder why Slashdot keeps talking about this software as if it were open source and GNU-happy, when it's not, and may never be?

    I wonder if this community is really as strict about its beliefs as it would like to believe, or if it has degraded, as I've long been suspecting, into a what-can-I-get-for-free-as-in-beer crew, just a tiny step above warez d00ds in the ecological chain?


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