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P2P In 15 Lines of Code

Posted by timothy on from the practice-and-theory dept.

nile_list writes "Edward Felten of the very fine Freedom to Tinker has written a 15 line P2P program in Python. From the post on Freedom to Tinker, "I wrote TinyP2P to illustrate the difficulty of regulating peer-to-peer applications. Peer-to-peer apps can be very simple, and any moderately skilled programmer can write one, so attempts to ban their creation would be fruitless." Matthew Scala, a reader of Freedom to Tinker, has responded with the 9 line MoleSter, written in Perl."

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  1. When will this code be on a T-shirt? by QangMartoq · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As we saw when the courts tried to ban DeCSS, the code was printed onto t-shirts.

    I can see P2P becoming the next DeCSS in the eyes of the courts and receiving similar treatment.

    So when can I expect my shirt?

  2. P2P tattoo by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 3, Interesting
    So I know that you can encode entire programs on barcodes. Well, could someone have a tattoo with this barcode on it for the program and carry it with them wherever they go? Even a temporary tattoo would be cool. Wearable computing takes on a whole new meaning, plus, you'd never be without access to free media.

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