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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45d8de0 --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 --> +<title>Regarding Gnutella +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/gnutella.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Regarding Gnutella</h2> + +<p> +“Gnutella” is, at present, the name for a protocol for distributed +file sharing, mostly used for music files. The name also sometimes +refers to the network itself, as well as the original Gnutella software. +The situation is quite confusing. For more on Gnutella's +origin and history, please refer to the <a +href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnutella">Wikipedia article</a> on +the subject.</p> + +<p> +In any case, the name was originally a word play on “GNU” +(the original developers planned to release their code under the GNU +GPL, and may have had in mind contributing it to the GNU project) and +“Nutella” (a candy bar that the original developers +enjoyed). However, neither the original software nor any of the +related current projects +are <a href="/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware">official GNU +packages</a>. We have asked that the Gnutella developers change the +name to avoid confusion; perhaps that will happen in the future.</p> + +<p> +There are a number of free software programs that implement the +Gnutella protocol, such as <a +href="http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/en/">Gtk-Gnutella</a>, <a +href="http://mutella.sourceforge.net/">Mutella</a>, and <a +href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucleus/">Gnucleus</a>. Please +note, however, that none of these programs are officially <a +href="/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware">GNU software</a> +either. GNU has its own peer-to-peer networking program, <a +href="/software/gnunet/">GNUnet</a>, whose +documentation includes a <a +href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130316/https://gnunet.org/compare"> +comparison of the protocols</a>.</p> + +<p> +The Free Software Foundation is concerned with the freedom to copy and +change software; music is outside our scope. But there is a partial +similarity in the ethical issues of copying software and copying +recordings of music. Some articles in the +<a href="/philosophy/essays-and-articles.html#Laws">philosophy</a> directory +relate to the issue of copying for things other than software. Some +of the <a href="/philosophy/third-party-ideas.html">other +people's articles</a> we have links to are also relevant.</p> + +<p> +No matter what sort of published information is being shared, we urge +people to reject the assumption that some person or company has a +natural right to prohibit sharing and dictate exactly how the public +can use it. Even the US legal system nominally +<a href="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">rejects</a> that +anti-social idea.</p> +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a +href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a +href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. Broken links and other +corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a +href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> + +<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, + replace it with the translation of these two: + + We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality + translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. + Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard + to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> + <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> + + <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + our web pages, see <a + href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations + README</a>. --> +Please see the <a +href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for +information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> +</div> + +<p>Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> + +<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative +Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> + +<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> + +<p class="unprintable">Updated: +<!-- timestamp start --> +$Date: 2019/03/09 16:56:26 $ +<!-- timestamp end --> +</p> +</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> +</body> +</html> |