On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Ian Clarke wrote: <SNIP> > It is, however, important for us to get over the idea that Freenet needs > to look and behave like mp3 sharing tools such as the Gnutella clients, > and others. Not only is that type of interface not easy to achieve > on top of the Freenet architecture, but it is not really appropriate for > our goals of freedom of information.
I agree that a gnutella-like interface isn't appropriate for freenet. But the point of the post wasn't that we should use a limewire-like interface for interacting with freenet. The point was that they're another GPLed java program that has to be distributed with a JRE, and maybe we could learn a thing or two about how they do their install. > Kind regards, > > Ian. > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 06:27:10PM -0400, Marc_L_Siegel at brown.edu wrote: > > 2 cents for the windows installer - check out Limewire > (http://www.limewire.com), which happens to be one of the most popular > file-sharer's used now. It was just GPL'd and is a gnutella client. Why > do you care? It is a desktop app written all in Java, and the installer > also automatically installs Sun's JRE if it is not already installed. > Many many windows users find limewire inuitive enough to use, so this is > where the bar is set. Thelema -- E-mail: thelema314 at bigfoot.com If you love something, set it free. GPG 1536g/B9C5D1F7 fpr:075A A3F7 F70B 1397 345D A67E 70AA 820B A806 F95D -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20010925/9e26bb54/attachment.pgp>
