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LimeWire Pro - Today's Free File?
I put a question at the end of that title
because I'm not sure if this is really kosher or not. Let your conscience be your guide. It's pretty obvious that,
using p2p, you can get the Pro version of LimeWire (or
nearly any other app) for free. But using the GPL to allow for the pro version to download for free anyway? Pretty
obvious as well, since the pro version is open source, you could just download the source, compile it, and there ya go.
Maybe the folks at LimeWire should have considered the terms of the GPL before charging for their app... Or maybe not.
Seems like they have a right to earn a living making the application. Personally I don't like LimeWire, but most of my
students use it. So yeah, Webby's World has the details on acquiring LimeWire
Pro for free, along with a little jab at Java (which I'd agree with a commenter, is NOT generally buggy). Or you
could be brave and go to this freaky site where they claim you can just
download the thing for free. Free? Maybe. Guilt free? I'll let you decide.[Via digg]
Comments
12
Subscribe to commentsLennieFeb 11th 2006 1:56AM
All good, but try this http://www.limewirepro.2.ag/
KateFeb 11th 2006 4:20AM
If you want a p2p client that's free, guilt-free (besides the possible downloading of illegal files that is), and spyware/adware free, I suggest Shareaza. I thought Limewire had adware? I guess the pro version wouldn't in any case. Still I like Shareaza, because it can connect to users of several different clients and it has bittorrent support.
azy891Feb 11th 2006 8:50PM
Yes, you can download from this website, BUT if they compiled it from source (which limewire does offer for free) they are breaking
::: http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2006/02/10/using-open-source-to-get-limewire-pro/
KontaktanzeigeFeb 12th 2006 7:00AM
How does lime compare with eMule ?
MoeFeb 13th 2006 10:30AM
Check out FROSTWIRE.com they made an open-source adware-free version of the Limewire software. It has all the features of Limewire Pro, and can enable you a Turbo-charged connection "Guilt-free".
http://www.frostwire.com/static/screenshots.html
Limewire is a very powerful p2p (gnutella) client- with a Turbo-charged connection enabled (available with the Pro version or Frostwire) you can download at the same rate as normal http downloads.
Unfortunately, as with any other p2p client it does a major flaw, it will take up a lot of your system resources. But it's still much better than the numerous flaws with the many other p2p clients I have personally tried.
VirionFeb 13th 2006 2:43PM
I remember using Limewire way back, I replaced it with Freewire, which removed the ads from the standard (and I believe only) version available at the time. It was at a time where p2p clients like iMesh had enough spyware/adware to choke a T3 horse, so it was much apreciated.
Freewire link (now with slightly less guilt!):
http://www.freewirep2p.com/
MikeFeb 16th 2006 6:07AM
plz my you let me dolod limewire pro free
ianMar 9th 2006 4:34PM
i think limewire is a good site
SeanMar 18th 2006 11:25PM
it is great
KIRANMar 24th 2006 3:09PM
thank u
lucApr 8th 2006 12:29PM
I am unhappy with limewire . I signed up for and paid for limewire pro in november 2005 for a year . Then a newer version kept flashing at the bottom of my screen so I hit it . Long story short , I lost my initial program of lime wire which I thought was great! Now i have to put out more money to get it back , WHICH DISPLEASES ME GREATLY. I still have outstanding time owed to me .
please help................or loose my business.
Chris DoneApr 23rd 2006 2:42AM
Will someone PLEASE just view the GPL.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
It's really not a difficult read.
It states as clear as day that a piece of software liscence under the GPL can be:
Sold at a *price* -- but whence sold that copy can be copied and redistributed freely. HENCE FREE.
The code can be redistributed, changed, distributed again and so forth. This is what free means.
So, now you know this. You know that any site can obtain the Limewire source code, compile it and distribute that compiled software freely. This is not the first (and isn't the last) piece of software to be compiled and given out by a different party. For example; X-Chat. It is free on Linux, but sold at a price on Windows. You can also obtain *COMPLETELY LEGAL* compiled copies for Windows by generous people who took the time to do so.
I had to say something, I've seen multiple blogs with incomplete definitions of *this-and-that-legal*.
So yeah, it's okay to download that free limewire version.