RIAA going postal, affecting LW?

c'est vraie about the FUD and news. Still, I wish we had more time to be able to prepare to help those who like the way things are.

Do you know if the installers are language specific? I'm thinking here of the non-english speaking users or those who use non-latin scripts like those in Asia and Eastern Europe. Philippe is off the net just now, but he would be able to help.

I was under the impression you select your language at the beginning of installation. It automatically defaults to your operating system language set up. Unless you're refering to CV versions or something.

(BTW I don't only have pro installers. I do have some jum & basic ones.)

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There are no problems with languages, they are included in every installer of LW. I have now the basic versions for win, mac and others of 4.9.30. I will release them as magnets here when LW goes 4.9.31. In fact we should probably create a thread with magnet links when it happens along with other useful links.

I let the story go out because some time was elapsed after the news for us and that we don't know how soon the new version will happen. This will help people organize forks. Not only that, it also helps LW move looks more transparent rather than looking like conspiracy IMHO.

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Unfortunately I am on the road right now on good old Dial-up 26.4kbps. I am going to DL all of the installers I can find all Languages but I an not going to be able to help the people I am currently helping in the forum. If any body could would you pick up where I left off with them.

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Merci. I'll share them as soon as I get the magnets.

I like it that LW has been so open and transparent. Thery still have my confidence and I'll continue to get donate to the Pro (even if I don't use restricted versions).

Welp, after reading this thread looks like this will really be my last upgrade to LW. I've already paid for the songs*******s Ive downloaded. The RIAA hasnt lost a dime from me. If I dl a old song from the 1950's, I shouldnt need a license to dl it. so stupid. time to boycott the RIAA again.

When LimeWire releases the DRM version, we (the limewire open-source community) will release our own DRM-free version. We will announce the release in the forums.

If you want to help with the development of the free LimeWire version, visit http://www.frostwire.com

I don't know much about the GPL, but could LW take their source code back under a more strict copyright?

Do they have any intention to do so?

Do they wish to create a closed network of their own in future?

I don't know much about the GPL, but could LW take their source code back under a more strict copyright?

No

Do they have any intention to do so?

No

Do they wish to create a closed network of their own in future?

No

well answered roger. i just want to add some information about frostwire. frostwire will be based on the limewire source code and will be as current with the source code as possible.

frostwire will be drm-free as trap_jaw already mentioned and in the near-future may include other features that the limewire development team is slow to implement (or i should say debating to implement.)

FrostWire provides the alternative to the LW user wishing to share their own files without specially licensing them.

Their was also some small discussions between developers about banning the LimeWire DRM versions from being allowed to download content from FrostWire clients that LimeWire does not freely allow to share. This would prevent FrostWire clients from recieving too much stress and massive leeching on upload requests. Although this was only discussed and there are no current plans to do this. (other clients like <insert your favorite leech here> were also mentioned)

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Excerpt from interview removed. This information was already made public, but I guess its still alittle unknown. Its best to just let you wait and see.
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If you are interested in helping with the development of FrostWire, please contact either me(aka alkalineX) or trap_jaw (aka gregorio) on the #LimeWire channel on server irc.freenode.net port 6667. we are currently in the proccess of creating a TODO list. so please be patient. please check the frostwire.com website for more details on what we are needing in development.

you will need a client such as mIRC (click here to get it!) to connect. mIRC is for the win32 system, other clients for other OS systems can probably be found in your distributions official packages. Example: apt-get install Xchat