BitTorrent Closes Source Code 390
An anonymous reader writes ""There are two issues people need to come to grips with," BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. "Developers who produce open source products will often have their product repackaged and redistributed by businesses with malicious intent. They repackage the software with spyware or charge for the product. We often receive phone calls from people who complain they have paid for the BitTorrent client."
As for the protocol itself, that too is closed, but is available by obtaining an SDK license."
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"There are two issues people need to come to grips with," BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. "The genie is back in the bottle, and the cat is back in the bag."
Sorry, I just thought that was funny. If you RTFA, though, it sounds like the sky isn't falling just yet. The client, which was closed source before, is still free (as in free beer), and the protocol is available to anyone who asks for it.
You can still download the BitTortent souce... (Score:1, Funny)
If only... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait...
So.... (Score:5, Funny)
Not a good move (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So.... (Score:5, Funny)
Ryan Fenton? That's a strange name for a protocol...
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O/T (Score:5, Funny)
Must ... resist ... pun ... can't ... (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry about that. Truly, deeply sorry.
Re:So.... (Score:5, Funny)
OpenRyanFentonKabuke.
And rather than going from version 0.9 to version 1.0, it will go from 0.9 towards 0.9.1.16rc(NaN-Inf) without ever getting to 1.0. Just you wait...
Re:Oxymoronic: thief cries thief !! (Score:3, Funny)
They aren't??? It's not???
Done and done! (Score:5, Funny)
Looking forward to spending more time with family (Score:5, Funny)
A: Once word gets out about our RIAA backdoor, Azureus is going to kick our ass. Ummm... you better not print that.
Re:Not RTFA? Read this at least. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:other open source clients? (Score:2, Funny)
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Aaaahhh. That's better. *breathe again*
Re:Not RTFA? Read this at least. (Score:5, Funny)
No, you completely misunderstand, Bittorrent's management are absolutely brilliant. If they keep bittorrent open source, then it's impossible to pirate. By "closing" it, they are actually making it possible for people to get bittorrent as god intended. By pirating it.
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I'll bite (Score:2, Funny)
Surely, you mean... (Score:3, Funny)
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the k here means 1000. You fail at math.