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eXeem Lite Public Beta Released

Posted by timothy on from the one-down-manship dept.

TheKarateMaster writes "Just days after the release of eXeem Open Beta comes eXeem lite 0.19 Public Beta. Much like with KaZaA, the official version of eXeem comes chock full of spy/adware -- specifically, cydoor. eXeem lite is spyware free and free of bloat -- and free. Version .20, which should fix a few minor bugs, is expected 'in next coming days.' (read: soon)"

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  1. Re:I thought.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To be fair, they kind of screw themselves over asking for donations, given that their users are exactly the people too cheap to pay for music/tv/games/whatever.

  2. A shame original bittorrent didn't use GPL by xDCDx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If only Bram Cohen would had licensed the original bittorrent under the GPL (rather than the MITL), people would not be able to profit so easily from his work.

    Granted, the trackerless protocol surely took some work, but the base BT protocol (and its implementation) was the revolutionary thing.

    I hate companies providing adware software like Kazaa or Exeem, that promise you heaven on earth, and actually offer subpar programs, that would have much more quality as an opensource project (see eDonkey vs eMule).