John Summerfied wrote: > I believe bittorrent doesn't force you to share, but then I've not used it. Bittorrent does always "share" in a sense that it uploads parts of the file it is currently dowloading. Bittorrent is a popular download method for oss, because it saves server bandwidth (cost). As opposed to trading files that are protected by copyright, there is no legal reason not to use bt for oss/copyleft data.
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