[Linux-users] BitTorrent 6.x Goes Binary Only

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 8/9/07, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> WTF? As seen at http://tinyurl.com/yqvazg:
>
> "Question:
> Hey, where's the source code for BitTorrent version 6.0?
>
> Answer:
> Sorry, source code for BitTorrent 6.0, like the source code for
> uTorrent, will not be released.  However, versions 5 and earlier
> were of course released under open source licenses, and remain
> available for you to modify and redistribute subject to the terms
> of their respective licenses."
>
> My $0.25 prediction: BT will change the protocol, also proprietary,
> in subtle or not so subtle ways, in less than a year.
>
> Kurt

And I predict a fork of the source, at which point the closed source
version won't be used by anyone.


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