In the thread "Next against the wall...", started on Monday, 24 July, Ian wrote of his fears that Freenet might be flooded with new users before it is ready for wide distribution. He said:
> We may also want to think about writing a client specifically > designed to insert and request music. Most of the responses regarded the politics & PR aspects of enabling the sharing of .mp3's. Trying to be helpful on a technical level, I tossed out the idea of a system called "LARS". It would be a *very* stripped-down system, incompatable with regular Freenet, which used rigid naming conventions and openly- published directories instead of nearly any of the features & protections offered by Freenet. The core idea is to keep people happy with something that's a step above Napster, while using only the most stable & tested sections of Freenet code. After Freenet is stable enough for general release, the quick hack would be dropped. There were no responses to the message, so I'm going to assume that there is no interest in that sort of concept. I'll drop the idea, and work on something else. I guess I'll look at GUI wrappers some more, unless someone suggests a dire need elsewhere. --willdye (Not speaking in any way for his employers) willdye at freedom.net _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
