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

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:52:54 -0400
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.
> 

There was noise a while back about bittorrent getting into the legal 
download business with movie/TV content.

I would guess that this is the first step in that process. I would also 
think that the new client will remain compatible with the old protocol.
This would be so the new client can be used to track who was the first 
to upload copyrighted content and then get them for all the subsequent 
downloads as well as all the downloaders in one action. It will most 
likely phone home or MediaSentry et al. with each torrent start.

In MNSHO, they should rename the new package to SnitchTorrent.

Ronnie