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LimeWire to Block Copyrighted Work
An anonymous reader writes "Slyck is reporting that LimeWire is working on new code that will block non-licensed material. The new code checks to see if shared material is licensed, if it is not, the LimeWire client will politely inform the user, 'LimeWire can't determine if one or more files have been published under a suitable license. These files will not be shared.'" From the article: "Approximately 3 to 5 days ago, LimeWire developers began working on two new branches, cc_reverify_interval-branch and cc-publish-branch. The code in the first branch works to verify that every file shared has a license. If this is not the case, the file will not be shared. The second branch is for publishing one's own work without a license. According to the release notes, individuals can attach a Collective Commons license if the work is either their own or have permission to distribute the work ... According to a LimeWire beta tester who informed Slyck of this news, this feature is already complete. Developers are simply waiting for the signal to integrate these branches with the main branch, providing Mark Gorton, CEO of LimeWire, decides to go through with this."
this will effect you
"affect".
To the Slashdot editors and coders:
Slow Down Cowboy!
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No, I'm not behind a fucking firewall or proxy, and I didn't click my fucking "Back" button. What happened was that you fucking idiots don't fucking tell me in advance (when I fucking click the fucking "Reply to This" link) how fucking long I have to fucking wait to fucking post. Instead, you wait until I have composed my reply and try to submit it, and only then do you tell me that I should have waited longer. This is totally fucked up. If I didn't have ad blocking turned on, I would email your advertisers and complain about how you treat people who post anonymously when they post useless crap because they are afraid to compromise their kharma.
Oh, and when the fuck are you going to fix the punctuation in your obnoxious message ("It's been X minutes since you last successfully posted a comment" should end with a period/full stop, you stupid motherfucking hamster fondlers)?
Please note that the above is meant to be friendly helpful criticism, and interpret it in that spirit. Thank you.
what the hell is wrong with slashdot lately? the page formatting is all screwy, with different parts of text appearing on top of each other. it's hideous.