LimeWire
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 Screenshot of LimeWire 5.5.16 on Mac OS X |
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| developer | Lime Wire LLC |
| Publishing year | May 2000 |
| Current version | 5.5.16 (September 30, 2010) |
| operating system | platform independent |
| programming language | Java |
| category | Gnutella client |
| License |
GNU General Public License Proprietary (Pro Version) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| Others | Development stopped |
| Official LimeWire website | |
LimeWire was a free software - client for the Gnutella network, which in Java programming and thus platform independent was. The program appeared in May 2000 and had various search categories that could be divided into audio , image , video files , documents (e.g. MS Word , PDF ) and computer programs . It had an integrated audio player and offered many advanced settings, including text completion. You have been warned against downloading copyrighted content.
history
In its origins, LimeWire was proprietary software created by Lime Wire LLC . LimeWire and BearShare were the two leading vendors in driving development of the Gnutella protocol after the Gnutella Developers Forum was founded by Clip2s Kelly Truelove.
LimeWire was available in two versions: a free basic version and an extended version ("LimeWire Pro"), which was sold for a fee. Like many peer-to-peer software vendors , Lime Wire LLC, the trademark holder of LimeWire, got into a legal battle with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was forced to sign a cease and desist letter . In the future, LimeWire should therefore contain protective mechanisms that should prevent the file sharing of files protected by copyright. Several open source developers disagreed with this, and FrostWire was born . The source code of LimeWire was published under the GNU General Public License and was available on the LimeWire developer website.
On October 26, 2010, Lime Wire LLC was prohibited from distributing and maintaining the software by a court ruling in the United States. In the course of this dispute, the plaintiff put their losses at 400 billion to 75 trillion US dollars , but the court rejected this as "absurd". The last LimeWire version already contained a deactivation function, which now makes both direct exchange between users and general use of the program impossible. As a result, projects were founded that want to develop spin-offs from LimeWire independently of Lime Wire LLC, for example FrostWire and the "LimeWire Pirate Edition".
Web links
- Official LimeWire website. Lime Wire LLC, March 29, 2011, accessed May 20, 2012 (American English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Briegleb: Limewire partially settles legal dispute with music industry. In: heise online. March 9, 2011, accessed December 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Jaikumar Vijayan: Court orders LimeWire to cease file-sharing business. In: Computerworld. International Data Group , October 26, 2010; accessed October 27, 2010 (American English).
- ↑ Victor Li: Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood Calls Record Companies' Request for $ 75 Trillion in Damages' Absurd 'in Lime Wire Copyright Case. ALM Media Properties as of May 15, 2011, archived from the original on March 16, 2011 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 (American English): "The record companies, which had demanded damages ranging from $ 400 billion to $ 75 trillion, [...]"
- ↑ Ben Schwan: Limewire exchange switched off: No more data, no more viruses. In: taz.de. taz, the daily newspaper publishing cooperative, October 28, 2010, accessed on May 20, 2012 .
- ^ Beate Kipphardt, Christoph Elzer: Limewire : Filesharing return with Pirate Edition. In: CHIP Online . CHIP Xonio Online, November 15, 2010, accessed May 20, 2012 .