Afisk,
I tried to tolerate your junior companies politics for month, after all I see there is no way for me to cooperate with Limewire or Bearshare anymore. Very disappointed I have to say cooperation with you is inefficient and unethical in my honorable opinion. I will go a different way, not with GDF and maybe not even Gnutella (well let's see what about those rumours that Xolox comes back and if there is a possibility to participate and give Gnutella a push forward). I don't think I'm forking development, I think that is something you, Limewire and Vinnie can write on your card.
What happened to Limewire, you have been a positive example in many aspects?! Everything regret-worth started with spyware, lies, closer cooperation with Vinnie and finally clustering... come on Adam, don't think free developers will look at this and say "yes we help them with our knowledge and ideas". I'm sorry you didn' found any business concept, perhaps you should have spend some time on conversation and listening too others in the past, but the position you maneuvered now makes yourself very unattractive and you don't even move a little step.
About GDF and developers outside (maybe you GDF members should have look outside your own hood), there are/was Pasman (Xolox), Raphael (gtk-gnutella), GodxBlue (Peeranha), Etzi (Qtella) and Max (mutella) and more I had mail contact or meeting on IRC or here on Gnutellaforum. Some made it to the "high society" GDF, some not... those who are not saticfied with things done inside the so called GDF I would like to advice to participate here on Gnutellaforum - or build up a new Gnutella Development Community. I did set up an alternative mailinglist for interested developers, it's running for some weeks... visit IRCnet channel #gnutelladev or contact Morgwen.

Greets, Moak

PS: Morgwen/Cyclo, why not making this thread sticky?