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Bug#149826: ITP: gnewtellium -- A simple GTK+ Gnutella client for MP3 sharing



On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 01:05:30AM +0100, Matthew MacLeod wrote:
>  gnewtellium is a port of Newtella - a simple, light file-sharing client 
>  which uses the Gnutella protocol and focuses on MP3 files. Because it
>  only allows the sharing of MP3 files, gnewtellium increases security by
>  preventing the spread of self-replicating trojans and also reduces illicit
>  usage of the Gnutella network.

Given the number of Brittney Spears and N'Sync and whatever else mp3 files
that get shared using Gnutella, how can limiting a general purpose file
finding network to just one file format of content - specifically the one
file format which spawned the past few years of intellectual(?) property
discussions, debates, lawsuits, and gods only know what else - possibly
reduce the amount of "illicit usage" of Gnutella?

To me, this program looks like it has a big fat bullseye painted on it for
the RIAA since it screams "I am another napster!"  By all means upload it,
but I think the package description probably needs a little work.  ;)

-- 
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@bluecherry.net>          Have chainsaw will travel
 
<Knghtbrd> you people are all insane.
<Joey> knight: sure, that's why we work on Debian.
<JHM> Knghtbrd: get in touch with your inner nutcase.

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