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Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL

Posted by timothy on from the runs-under-whatnow? dept.

RageEar writes "Today it was announced that the latest version of Shareaza, a popular P2P application for Windows, was released under the GPL. Currently the source code is hosted by the Shareaza servers, but the announcement makes mention of the code becoming a project on Sourceforge. The binaries are still available for Windows only, but I imagine it is only a matter of time before a Linux port emerges."

7 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. a message from the riaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when you use file sharing apps the terrorists win

    1. Re:a message from the riaa by the_riaa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Stop speaking for us, idiot. [That's our job.] -the riaa

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      The Kingdom of Retarsia
  2. Wow by Nascar_Geek · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Worst Program Name of the Year goes to: These guys - for "Shareaza"

    1. Re:Wow by JabberWokky · · Score: 4, Funny
      All the other *ster's - just ripoffs of Napster, which wasn't the greatest name to start with anyways.

      Yeah, but it was named that because Seth Green was taking a nap when Shawn Fanning stole the source from him (which all fit on a single floppy!).

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      Evan

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      "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
  3. Linux port by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool, so finally I can get all the eyecandy and visual effects of Linux mixed with stability and performance of WinXP.

  4. That's funny by writertype · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because every time my friend uses Shareaza, he tells me that there's quite a bit of other content GPLed there too: music, games, movies...

  5. Re:Remote access by garcia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Checking your downloads and searches while out of town for a few days or at school. Very useful indeed.

    Mostly for claiming that it was someone else that used your computer to do all that illegal downloading, not you. Right?