Shareaza 2.0 And Open Source RELEASED!

Ev!L-aLphA · Jun 2, 2004, 11:31 PM

"Shareaza version 2.0 is now available with some cool new features, better performance, and a sleek new theme – but the biggest and most important change is that it’s now offered under an open source license.

New comprehensive "remote web access" feature allows full remote control of Shareaza from your web browser.
Performance improvements on all supported networks
Some sleek new “2.0” graphics.
GPL source"

Source: www.shareaza.com

Shareaza - Even More Free Than Before

Shareaza has long been respected as a high-end multi-network file-sharing client with “no strings attached” in a world where many competing applications display banner ads, beg for money or offer “paid versions”, or worse yet dump a load of unwanted stuff on your PC.

Shareaza has avoided doing these things so far, and today I’m taking a step that will ensure it never falls into those traps in the future.

Shareaza version 2.0 is being released with some cool new features, better performance, and a sleek new theme – but the biggest and most important change is that it’s now offered under the GPL, an open source license.

Developing Shareaza as a closed source product has been a lot of fun – it made some important technical improvements, broke some new ground with an original P2P network, “upped the ante” with many of its competitors and probably contributed to the growing trend away from “heavy spyware bundling”.

After all of this, I now feel like the best way to maximize the value of Shareaza to everyone is to really make it available to everyone – not just as an executable download, but in source form as well. I’ve incorporated a lot of good ideas people have sent in over the years, but I’ve also had to skip a lot of good ideas because they didn’t fit in with the direction Shareaza was going at the time. As an open source product, anyone is free to implement their own ideas and try their own directions – and I think that’s a good thing.

Of course I still have some strong views on which direction Shareaza should be going, and what kind of features I want to add – but now that can be part of a bigger picture, rather than the only picture.

The Shareaza 2.0 codebase is currently available for immediate download below, but its final home will likely be at SourceForge.net. The end-user installer is also available below.

And finally for those who aren’t interested in the whole open source thing, there are also some cool new features and important performance improvements:

A new, very comprehensive “remote web access” feature allows full remote control of Shareaza’s searches, downloads, uploads and networks from any web browser.
Helpful new “firewalled” warning message and link to router configuration tips
Performance improvements on all supported networks
Some sleek new “2.0” graphics.

Jun 2, 2004, 11:31 PM	#1
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,110 Rep Power: 51	Shareaza 2.0 And Open Source RELEASED! "Shareaza version 2.0 is now available with some cool new features, better performance, and a sleek new theme – but the biggest and most important change is that it’s now offered under an open source license. New comprehensive "remote web access" feature allows full remote control of Shareaza from your web browser. Performance improvements on all supported networks Some sleek new “2.0” graphics. GPL source" Source: www.shareaza.com Shareaza - Even More Free Than Before Shareaza has long been respected as a high-end multi-network file-sharing client with “no strings attached” in a world where many competing applications display banner ads, beg for money or offer “paid versions”, or worse yet dump a load of unwanted stuff on your PC. Shareaza has avoided doing these things so far, and today I’m taking a step that will ensure it never falls into those traps in the future. Shareaza version 2.0 is being released with some cool new features, better performance, and a sleek new theme – but the biggest and most important change is that it’s now offered under the GPL, an open source license. Developing Shareaza as a closed source product has been a lot of fun – it made some important technical improvements, broke some new ground with an original P2P network, “upped the ante” with many of its competitors and probably contributed to the growing trend away from “heavy spyware bundling”. After all of this, I now feel like the best way to maximize the value of Shareaza to everyone is to really make it available to everyone – not just as an executable download, but in source form as well. I’ve incorporated a lot of good ideas people have sent in over the years, but I’ve also had to skip a lot of good ideas because they didn’t fit in with the direction Shareaza was going at the time. As an open source product, anyone is free to implement their own ideas and try their own directions – and I think that’s a good thing. Of course I still have some strong views on which direction Shareaza should be going, and what kind of features I want to add – but now that can be part of a bigger picture, rather than the only picture. The Shareaza 2.0 codebase is currently available for immediate download below, but its final home will likely be at SourceForge.net. The end-user installer is also available below. And finally for those who aren’t interested in the whole open source thing, there are also some cool new features and important performance improvements: A new, very comprehensive “remote web access” feature allows full remote control of Shareaza’s searches, downloads, uploads and networks from any web browser. Helpful new “firewalled” warning message and link to router configuration tips Performance improvements on all supported networks Some sleek new “2.0” graphics.