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> There's also Bittorrent Sync, but it's completely locked down. This really surprised me; for some reason, I assumed it was open source. Since the storage is
by lukifer 13y ago
> There's also Bittorrent Sync, but it's completely locked down.
This really surprised me; for some reason, I assumed it was open source. Since the storage is entirely peer-to-peer, I wonder what their business model is?
- burntsushi 13y agoWho knows. It's completely opaque to me. I just don't want to be left high-and-dry if the maintainers decide to abandon the project. Plus, I want to be able to tinker, of course. :-) [EDIT] This was all I could find.[1] Which isn't much. [1] - http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/8816-will-syncapp-be-open-source/ http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/8816-will-syncapp-be-open-...
- mtgx 13y agoNot open source, probably because the bittorrent protocol isn't open source.
- lukifer 13y agoHow so? Several open-source clients exist. Were they reverse-engineered?
- goblin89 13y agoI believe that's not correct. First a nitpick, I think it's only software that can be open or closed source. Protocol specification might be kept secret, though. Regarding specifically BitTorrent protocol specification[0], it's free to use. Anyone can build their open or closed source BitTorrent client without reverse engineering. [0] http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html
- joshaidan 13y agoI believe the first bittorrent client was written in python. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Cohen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Cohen