I was wondering if there were any plans to have the
option in Freenet for users to make their node read
only.  That is, content can only be inserted localy
and not by requests.  Some content providers may want
to make their material available permanently (or at
least as long as they desire) to freenet users, but do
not want to provide resources to Freenet (other than
the content they provide of course) for some reason.
Some examples of such users would be religious,
government (on all levels), media organizations, the
entertainment industry and other special interest
groups.  These users would not find Freenet's
anonymity much benefit (and full participation in
caching content could be a liability), while Freenet's
other qualities would be very attractive.  I mention
this because I have recently noticed that BitTorrent
is showing up on more and more mirror lists for
downloads.  My own personal bias would be to see
Freenet replace BitTorrent in this capacity.

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