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Gnutella2 Specifications

Posted by michael on from the leaf-node dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After lots of heated debate regarding Gnutella2, (first story and more recent story), the specifications have finally been released. There is a mirror here. Let the debates begin."

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  1. Great! by Linux-based-robots · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can use this to share all my Linux warez with impunity!! Ha ha GPL take that! I'm sharing and there's nothing you can do about it!! NOTHING!

  2. GENIUS by JanusFury · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot the specs so nobody can develop clients! That's absolute genius. I wonder how much Hilary Rosen is paying Taco for this? ;)

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    1. Re:GENIUS by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 4, Funny

      And with the dupes we can keep it down for weeks! :)

  3. Nuttella? 2? 5? by Spiked_nightmare · · Score: 1, Funny

    as long as it has the same sweet chocolatey nutty goodness im not tooo fussed at which version it is

  4. Re:Pr0n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's no such thing as 'bad' pr0n!

    Only good pr0n and great pr0n.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom for 20 minutes.

  5. Re:The "About" information by afree87 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Linux, or "Linus' Operating System", has some interesting properties. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Minix, however. It's a separate protocol that is bootstrapping off of the Minix name to do things like get on Slashdot, and everyone here is falling for it.

    Characterizations of Minix a simple, old operating system reflect a woeful ignorance of the many innovations that have emerged from Gnutella. In fact, much of what Linus' Operating System calls "Linux" are innovations developed on Minix itself. These aren't simply close copies -- the protocols he cites are, in fact, Minix protocols. There are many more innovations happening on Minix as we speak, and the highjacking of the Minix name by Linus has weakened the fabric of an otherwise strong and open development community.

    We should all support open operating systems by supporting Minix. Linux offers interesting alternatives, but is no better than the work currently occurring on Minix. What's more, few if any Minix developers will ever support Linux because of the divisive way that it was introduced, permanently fracturing the Minix community, with almost all of the Minix community still working on Minix because they were never told of the so-called Linux until the first release came out, much as we're seeing today.

    If you support open protocols, support the original Minix. Linux does not solve any problems not currently solved by the original Minix operating system. It simply creates division.

  6. Re:The "About" information by freeweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would Shareaza want to bootstrap off the Gnutella name?

    Same reason it's bootstrapping off the Kazaa name? :)

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