The Uncertain Future of BitTorrent

javipas writes "The people behind the popular BitTorrent tracker are working on a new version of the BitTorrent protocol that could become the successor to the current one, maintained by BitTorrent Inc. The company founded by Bram Cohen — original author of this protocol — now has decided to close the source for several new features in the BitTorrent protocol, and this "gives them too much power and influence". The new file format would be called .p2p, and would maintain backwards compatibility with current .torrent files."

the people is working

[Anonymous Coward]

is they?

Oh well,

[Anonymous Coward]

Let them close it. As long as the open source community doesn't use it to distribute isos, I'm happy.

Re:the people is working

[Anonymous Coward]

from the standards-are-hard dept.

Apparently Taco finds that basic grammar are too hard, too.

Re:the people is working

[Anonymous Coward]

they is. and our children is learning.

Re:When will people realise

[lilomar]

We know, and believe me, you will be the first against the wall when The Revolution comes.

Re:the people is working

[Funkcikle]

Obviously a lack of seaders is preventing the spread of good righting.

http://thepiratebay.org/search/oxford%20english%20dictionary/0/3/0 [thepiratebay.org]

Ryan Fenton

[Kamineko]

Long live the Ryan Fenton [slashdot.org] protocol!

Re:Oh well,

[SuluSulu]

Some of us don't use bittorrent for downloading just OSS IOS's, you insensitive clod!

Re:Grammatical Errors.

[msuarezalvarez]

1. "first post"ing is for Digg and Fark :)

Hmm. You must be new here...

Re:Au contraire

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

By keeping the source closed, he is in fact assuming all responsibility for the actions of his code. If his code allows something bad to happen, we can say with certainty that it's all his fault.

Right! Because when the Russian mob uses Excel to keep track of their extortion payments, it is all Bill Gates's fault!

Re:On the subject of P2P

[Alsee]

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Re:Au contraire

[CriX]

Don't forget that in Soviet Russia, when the Russian mob uses Excel to keep track of their extortion payments, Bill Gates faults YOU!!

Re:Au contraire

[jollyreaper]

Right! Because when the Russian mob uses Excel to keep track of their extortion payments, it is all Bill Gates's fault!

But when the Excel math bug makes it look like someone was cheating the mob and they get whacked for it, can we blame Microsoft then?

Better name for the file extension

[Arcturax]

They should call it... .arr

Re:USB 2.0 is better than Bit Torrents.

[TheQuantumShift]

But "Don't copy that 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache USB 2.0 External Hard Drive" doesn't have the same ring as "Don't copy that floppy"...

Wong+time != right;

[Scrameustache]

It's been called piracy for as long as I've owned a computer, and that's goin' on 30 years... Folks should be proud of their heritage, instead of trying to edit historical use of a term like you do.

You still say Pluto is a planet, don't you?

Re:Oh well,

[jgoemat]

I can't wait to go see "Unauthorized Copiers of the Carribean".

oblig

[jason777]

Screw it! I say we write our own BitTorrent protocol. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the protocol!

Re:Oh well,

[deathy_epl+ccs]

I hear they're going to have Johnny Dupe in that one...

Re:Oh well,

[Anonymous Coward]

If Lao Tsu knew what he was talking about he wouldn't have said that. He says so himself.

Re:Wrong+time != right;

[deathy_epl+ccs]

I guess it's better'n pullin' some sword out of a lake.

Re:Confusing name

[mrsteveman1]

PiratFS :D