Freenet 0.5.2 Released

FurbyXL writes "With the RIAA roaring to grab peer-to-peer users by their IP addresses, Freenet - fully anonymized production and consumption of content - is gaining renewed attention. Articles in New Scientist, ZDNet UK, Wired and CNET (and here) set a somewhat typical context for Freenets major release 0.52. Significant performance improvements through NIO-based messaging, probabilistic caching etc. should provide increased rest to Chinese dissidents, but may finally wake-up the RIAA's Matt Oppenheim..." The announcement on the Freenet home page lists several improvements found in the new version: "a new NIO technology that brings improved performance using less CPU and system resources," "Individual nodes are now more efficient," "the speed and routing of the entire network have significantly improved," probabilistic caching, user interface improvements, and more.

Comments

opensource is not evil...

[pauly_thumbs]

You are evil ... yes... you!

admit it ... ok?

hey you, comedy nazi

[JVert]

just shut up and let me enjoy my cheap laugh. I'm sorry if the entire concept of a pun is cliche in your book. If the fact that freenet hiding behing its privacy features to circumvent copyright enforcement is getting old then what are you doing here in the first place?

I was going to post AC, but I'll take the karma hit to prove i'm not the parent poster.

Re:+Funny moderation is skewing /.

[gfody]

goto your preferences and put a negative adjustment on funny, if you think our jokes are that bad.

I thought it was pretty funny, you probably think robin williams is funny

Re:Question

[TheZax]

If I say that you made a dumb mistake, that doesn't mean that I think you are dumb. When I said "You are being obtuse" , I meant your comment was obtuse. I have no idea if you are obtuse all the time, that is what I meant by don't take it personally.

In the post above you mentioned:

I did not conclude that anyone using Freenet could be sued

But in your first post you wrote:

...wouldn't they then be able to sue all users of Freenet as accessories to the crime?

While the RIAA can sue anyone they want, realistically I don't think their case would hold a drop of water if they just decided to sue anyone (or everyone) who uses freenet. And I am having a hard time believing that you truly believe that a lawsuit against any/all freenet users would stand a chance, or maybe you're just playing Devil's advocate, I can't tell.