From 1ae0306a3cf2ea27f60b2d205789994d260c2cce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:29:45 +0200 Subject: add i18n FSFS --- talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html (limited to 'talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gnutella.html') 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 @@ + + +Regarding Gnutella +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation + + +

Regarding Gnutella

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+“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 Wikipedia article on +the subject.

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+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 official GNU +packages. We have asked that the Gnutella developers change the +name to avoid confusion; perhaps that will happen in the future.

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+There are a number of free software programs that implement the +Gnutella protocol, such as Gtk-Gnutella, Mutella, and Gnucleus. Please +note, however, that none of these programs are officially GNU software +either. GNU has its own peer-to-peer networking program, GNUnet, whose +documentation includes a +comparison of the protocols.

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+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 +philosophy directory +relate to the issue of copying for things other than software. Some +of the other +people's articles we have links to are also relevant.

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+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 +rejects that +anti-social idea.

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