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Exeem Open Beta Released
BrasOnMyGuitar writes "The file sharing application known as eXeem (made by the creators of the now-defunct file-sharing site SuprNova.org) has gone into public beta. The program is based on the BitTorrent protocol. However, it eliminates the need for trackers and decentralizes the user from the network. This allows for Kazaa-style searching with the speeds and benefits of the BitTorrent protocol." Reader Eeknay points out that Linux users can run it too.
Just downloaded the program, the interface is pretty p2p standard. When installing, It asks you to install an eXeem IE Toolbar, which I did not do.. Also, it seems to be having problems connecting to the network and searching for files. Hopefully it will be as widely used as suprnova was, and have some good download speeds. After several tries, I was able to connect to the network, and find a few files, but there were very few results, and only 1 seed on each of them. Since suprnova has been down, I've mostly just been using torrentspy. Anyone have an other recommendations for sites? I prefer just having web pages, so I don't have to run a separate client.
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How well does it protect the person sharing or seeding the file?
Actually the client runs with the help of wine, I prefer native binaries :/
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This service will end up the same as Supernova eventually. The only way a p2p torrent service will ever survive is if it is GNU/GPL.
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Actually according to the eXeem Lite FAQ eXeem Lite doesn't contain spyware. No were in the FAQ do they actually say that eXeem does.
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from the exeem-faq:
How can eXeem(TM) be free?
eXeem(TM) is supported only by ad revenue. This allows the developers to continue making upgrades to the network and enhancing the eXeem client for you.
bittorent-faq:
BitTorrent is great! How can I help?
You can give a donation.
see the difference?
exeem-faq:
Is eXeem(TM) open source?
No, eXeem(TM) is not open source.
bittorrent-faq:
What license is BitTorrent released under?
MIT License, which basically lets you do anything you want with it so long as you leave the license notification in the source.
bittorent is there, it's widespread, does not contain any ads, the source code is available, runs on anything that runs python (means mac/win/linux and a lot more)
and btw the author lives from the paypal donations he receives from the happy users.
somehow the suprnova people do not understand these things...
If it doesn't use trackers, how is the connection between clients done? "Suprnodes" i suppose? I'm trying to find out but TFSHBS (The * Site Has Been Slashdotted). So, any info plz? Or a .torrent for the docs? ;)
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... Haven't read everything through, though, but I think it's fully decentralised, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
1. Mirrors:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/764ece
http://www.mirrordot.
2. No, everyone acts as tracker(for things you've downloaded), as far as I know
With bittorrent everyone's IPs are in plain sight on a plainly visible central tracker. No matter what Exeem does I can't see how it could make it "much easier" to track people down.
That said I don't think the nominal point of Exseem is to "reduce the ability of copyright owners to sue pirates". Individual pirates will probably be as attackable as ever (you simply can't offer something to the public without them knowing it came from you in an efficient manner otherwise). It just aims to remove the risk of a central point of failure, the tracker, being attacked (legally or otherwise).
It's possible that Exeem could make users open to more prosecution though. Typically Bittorrent users can be seen uploading/downloading one piece of content at a time. If Exeem decentralises in such a way that their computers are also taking part in indexing and tracking downloads then arguably they are involving themselves with more copyright violation than with Bittorrent.
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Exeem is using a GPL library? Doesn't that mean they're violating the GPL?
Libtorrent is an open source GPL'd C++ implementation of the bittorrent protocol.
You're right--it is GPL. Not LGPL.
This means eXeem needs to release the source code of their client, rather than shipping a spyware-encrusted binary, or they're infringing libtorrent's copyright.
Then again, why would I expect the authors of eXeem to respect anyone's copyright?
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The Sourceforge page incorrectly lists the license as BSD. The COPYING file in the archive contains the GPL2 license. Unfortunately, none of the source files contain a license header.
Does anyone know if this is a problem?
There's a big probleme with commercial application going to linux. For most enterprises : "Linux" = "A windows compatible x86 machine running Linux instead of Windows". I bet their linux console version will be just a x86 binary, compiled on a Fedora Core machine (a that could run maybe on SuSE Linux if you fix a couple of missing libraries). Hello ! There a lot of other architectures on which Linux runs ! And this specially important for internet related software, because there's a lot of MIPS-powered hardware hacked to run Linux. (I'm not speaking about the Linksys WT54G - it doesn't have a harddisc. I'm speaking about a lot of Linux+MIPS based file servers running Samba. They are good candidate to run p2p downloaders). And I won't even mention Wine : It requires a X11 server and it's everything but what is needed for a headless server.
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hmmm ... windows only
hmmmmm ... source unavailible
hmmmmmmmmm ... ADWARE
*peeks over to azureus*
hm, does the thing just as good. And why would I want decentralized bittorent when I'm just downloading distribution ISO files?
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You don't have to license the application to reverse engineer the protocol.
I have a big network and a strict usage policy. If my network users want to license the software and use it on my network, I peek at the traffic on my wires, and even compare that with screenshots of the licensed user's desktops.
They're distributing the app to the public, and intentionally sending the traffic over the public Internet. They have no expectation that non-licensed users will not look at the traffic and figure out what it's doing.