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On 23 Aug 2004, at 19:16, Nick Tarleton wrote:
I'm contemplating writing a FUQID-like program for Linux/KDE, and I'd like to know a couple of answers first:
1. Is there ANY CHANCE AT ALL that I could get in legal trouble, under current US law, for creating and publishing a Freenet client?
In short "yes", just as the answer to "Is there ANY CHANCE AT ALL that I could get struck by lightening?" would also be "yes". Could you get sued? Yes. Could they win the suit? Maybe, but the recent 9th Circuit Court ruling in the Grokster case makes this less likely.
The best advice I can give is to read this:
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/p2p_copyright_wp.php
Then, if you are *really* feeling enthusiastic, read the Grokster ruling:
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/ 20040819_mgm_v_grokster_decision.pdf
And then, before you get too excited, read about the Induce Act:
http://techlawadvisor.com/induce/
2. Approximately how soon is the change to fixed-size keys expected? Approximately how much would this require changing in an existing client?
You should direct this question to the development mailing list, Matthew is the person to answer it (he also reads this mailing list, but I suspect you will catch his attention more easily on devl, and this question is on-topic for that mailing list).
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