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By Jon Newton 2/7/06 BitTorrent, the p2p protocol that changed the file sharing world, has definitely gone hard-core commercial. Now, "The creators of the BitTorrent file-swapping application will soon begin cracking down on how other software developers use the BitTorrent name," CNET News quotes company President Ashwin Navin as saying. The story goes on, "BitTorrent's creator, Bram Cohen, has long allowed other people or companies to use his work freely under an open-source software license. Over the past several years, that has led to an explosion of software programs that claim they are compatible with BitTorrent downloads. |
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The story goes on, "BitTorrent's creator, Bram Cohen, has long allowed other people or companies to use his work freely under an open-source software license. Over the past several years, that has led to an explosion of software programs that claim they are compatible with BitTorrent downloads.
"However, now that Cohen has created a company aimed at using BitTorrent to distribute movies and other media legally, that unregulated software world is looking more worrisome. The company will soon start enforcing a trademark policy that ensures people using the BitTorrent name are producing safe software, Navin said."
BiTorrent is, "sensitive to people calling their software BitTorrent to achieve a certain level of popularity in order to distribute spyware and adware," CNET has him saying.
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