From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Would/is it be possible to serve files in place? Rather than packing them > into cache files? Something more Napster/Gnutella like just because it > seems painful to have to have two copies of the same files on my hdd.
There are heavy legal problems with that: 1) It becomes possible to censor freenet, which makes it answerable to the DMCA 2) If your PC gets hacked or confiscated, the datastore may contain unencrypted files which are illegal in your country. You could go to jail, or even be executed for possession of certain files in certain countries Freenet encrypts the datastore and consolidates it into one or more large files for very good reasons: 1) No one can determine exactly what's on your disk, not even you. Not unless you request a given key at htl 0 while your node is disconnected. 2) There is no way you can eliminate any file from the datastore without destroying the whole store. That keeps freenet uncensorable, and eliminates the ability to monitor content (such ability is necessary for a node operator to be answerable to the DMCA). 3) You cannot be held responsible for the contents of your datastore, because it can't be proved that you requested or inserted such materials. Legally, you should be able to fall into the category of a 'caching online service provider'. Here, freenet provides a level of 'plausible deniability'. David _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
