On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 12:24:35PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8 May 2006, at 12:19, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > >On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 12:16:42PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > >> > >>On 8 May 2006, at 11:54, Matthew Toseland wrote: > >> > >>>Okay, so this is more in the area of FreeMule? Certainly yet another > >>>queue manager isn't that interesting, because they don't have to do > >>>that > >>>much work in 0.7. > >>> > >>>I think it's interesting... One possible problem is it's quite > >>>close to > >>>traditional filesharing. > >> > >>I don't think this is a problem provided that the tool isn't > >>specifically designed for the sharing of copyrighted material, and > >>that it doesn't include functionality that is specifically intended > >>for this purpose. There are many valid uses for file sharing > >>applications that don't involve copyright infringement. > > > >Likewise with the filesharing-with-immediate-darknet-peers thing then? > > Well, yes, but I really don't see the point in filesharing with > immediate darknet peers from the perspective of Freenet's goals.
Mostly just as a way of encouraging people to connect to their friends. But beyond that, it means we can exploit the trust network to find interesting stuff and avoid spam. > > Ian. -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060508/8ac4d9f8/attachment.pgp>
