pineapple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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.
<SNIP>

This would not work for the same reasons that every other scheme that
keeps non-requested data in your store doen't work.  The network
doesn't adapt to knowing that your node is the source of the data, and
then has everyone look there for the data.  On insert, the network
puts the data where it's going to look for it, and then looks for it
there.

>  My own personal bias would be to see
> Freenet replace BitTorrent in this capacity.
> 
I'd love to use freenet for BitTorrenty things too, but at the moment
it's not going to happen.  The big thing that BitTorrent has is a way
of excluding leechers, which is a property I doubt freenet can/will
ever have.

Thelema
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