Author: toad Date: 2009-01-20 22:48:25 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jan 2009) New Revision: 25145
Modified: trunk/freenet/README Log: Add introduction, separate changes from 0.5 section Modified: trunk/freenet/README =================================================================== --- trunk/freenet/README 2009-01-20 22:46:15 UTC (rev 25144) +++ trunk/freenet/README 2009-01-20 22:48:25 UTC (rev 25145) @@ -1,3 +1,49 @@ +INTRODUCTION: + +The Freenet Project is very pleased to announce the release of Freenet 0.7.0. + +Freenet is software designed to allow the free exchange of information over the +Internet without fear of censorship, or reprisal. To achieve this Freenet makes it +very difficult for adversaries to reveal the identity, either of the person +publishing, or downloading content. The Freenet project started in 1999, released +Freenet 0.1 in March 2000, and has been under active development ever since. + +Freenet is unique in that it handles the storage of content, meaning that if +necessary users can upload content to Freenet and then disconnect. We've +discovered that this is a key requirement for many Freenet users. Once uploaded, +content is mirrored and moved around the Freenet network, making it very difficult +to trace, or to destroy. Content will remain in Freenet for as long as people are +retrieving it, although Freenet makes no guarantee that content will be stored +indefinitely. + +The journey towards Freenet 0.7 began in 2005 with the realization that some of +Freenet's most vulnerable users needed to hide the fact that they were using +Freenet, not just what they were doing with it. The result of this realization was a +ground-up redesign and rewrite of Freenet, adding a "darknet" capability, allowing +users to limit who their Freenet software would communicate with to trusted friends. +This would make it far more difficult for a third-party to determine who is using +Freenet. + +Freenet 0.7 also embodies significant improvements to almost every other aspect of +Freenet, including efficiency, security, and usability. Freenet is available for Windows, +Linux, and OSX. It can be downloaded from: + +http://freenetproject.org/download.html + +If you have any difficulty getting Freenet to work, or any questions not answered in the +faq, please join us on IRC in the #freenet channel at irc.freenode.net. Thank you. + +This release would not have been possible without the efforts of numerous volunteers, and +Matthew Toseland, Freenet's full time developer. Matthew's work is funded through donations +via our website (as well as a few larger sponsors from time to time). We ask that anyone +who can help us to ensure Matthew's continued employment visit our donations page and +make a contribution at: + +http://freenetproject.org/donate.html + +Press enquiries should be directed to Ian Clarke. + +CHANGES FROM 0.5: This is the 0.7 rewrite of Freenet. This is largely rewritten from scratch, although it pulls in a load of code from Dijjer, and most of the crypto and a few other classes from the 0.5 source. _______________________________________________ cvs mailing list [email protected] http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvs
