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LimeWire. LimeWire is a music, video, and image sharing platform. [1] Until 2011, it was a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, macOS, Linux and Solaris. [2] Created by Mark Gorton [3] [4] [5] in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music. [6]
WireShare (formerly known as LimeWire Pirate Edition) is a revival of the LimeWire software (a gnutella p2p-network client). [1] [2] [3] The original LimeWire Pirate Edition was adapted from LimeWire Basic edition to provide similar features to LimeWire Pro with no adware or backdoor control. [1] The Ask toolbar integration was removed, along ...
November 9, 2010 – First release of a modified version of LimeWire Pro with all undesirable components removed (such as ad- and spyware, as well as dependencies to LimeWire LLC servers) under the name of "LimeWire Pirate Edition", enabling access to all advanced features of the professional version for free.
LimeWire indeed is free software, and I don't think anyone disagrees. My question is whether or not it depends on any non-free software. I know that there are many free JVMs, but none of them are complete, so I'm asking if LimeWire can be used with the free software JVMs that exist - or does it only work with non-free JVMs.
The makers of the beleaguered LimeWire peer-to-peer software have agreed to notify consumers that using the file-sharing program can expose private information, said Maryland Attorney General ...
FrostWire is a free and open-source BitTorrent client first released in September 2004, as a fork of LimeWire. It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including support for the BitTorrent protocol. In version 5, support for the Gnutella network was dropped entirely ...
Bearshare was launched on December 4, 2000 as a Gnutella -based peer-to-peer file sharing application with innovative features that eventually grew to include IRC, a free library of software and media called BearShare Featured Artists, online help pages and a support forum integrated as dedicated web browser windows in the application; as well ...
Phex is a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the gnutella network, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, so Phex is free software. Phex is based on Java SE 5.0 or later. Features [ edit ]