On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Paul Dorman wrote: > >On the one hand, an open source project can just use an existing protocol > >(say, gnutella) rather than building something new from scratch, and doesn't > >need to worry about billing, etc. And just distributing SHA URI's on official > >mirrors would be enough to search for the file online and verify that you've > >downloaded the right one (and of course RPM signatures provide security on > >top of that). > > > Good, good. I was thinking something based on Gnutella. Many of the > clients have built in discussion and chat facilities, as well as > administrative tools. Lots to build off there.
We could just use OpenFT/giFT which has the advantages of being Free Software (although at its current state, they discourage binary distribution). Using it as a means of updating software may also provide Mandrake with enough plausible deniability to allow distribution of OpenFT in the main distro, though IANAL. Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
