> On the other controversial point, I am sure that .torrent files will be
> appearing very soon after general release for the Mandrake 9.2
> distribution. "Substantial non-infringing use" indeed to the tune of
> about 1.9Gb per downloaded set.
For larger files like .iso images, it makes good sense. Red Hat
uses it, Mandrake uses it, and I forsee many vendors beginning to adopt
the same protocol and methodologies in their distribution channels as
well, ranging from commercial to Free Software.
To excerpt from a rebuttal to this thread I got from one of the
core BitTorrent developers on their development irc channel:
"But BT does have plenty of legitimate uses, as the authors
of Plucker will tell you. Small IP authors are often the
victims of their own success, as anyone who's been
Slashdotted may tell you. BitTorrent's raison d'etre is
to help people serve legitimate information when they are
having practical difficulties handling the load.
Demonizing BitTorrent because of pirates is throwing a
useful tool into the trash."
d.
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