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Downhillbattle.org Bounty For P2P Gaim Plug-in

Posted by timothy on from the don't-cross-the-streams-of-bits dept.

thecombatwombat writes "Music activism site Downhillbattle.org has started a fund to pay a bounty on a peer-to-peer plugin for Gaim. With new laws threatening peer-to-peer, Downhill Battle thinks this is the future. Regardless, it's an interesting funding of open source."

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  1. meh by ncurses · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know if I like this idea. This would only allow sharing between buddies and buddies of buddies. Just use limewire or something.

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  2. Re:This strikes me as... by mordors9 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's quite stupid. If both parties are running Gaim then they are using linux. Why not just scp to the other box? It is just as easy and more secure.

  3. Re:This strikes me as... by mordors9 · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. Never met a Windows user that did use it, but I will take your word for it. 2. Similarly secure to SSH? All I see is a plugin module for RSA, but nothing builtin. Perhaps you can enlighten me. 3. Really, oh you do have to type a command out don't you.