Will BitTorrent Open Source µTorrent?
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| After the recent announcement by BitTorrent Inc that it has acquired the
| popular, lightweight Windows torrent client, µTorrent, there has been much
| speculation about the company making the source code of µTorrent public.
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| Why would the company open source µTorrent?
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| There are many reasons for them to do so. One of the many
| advantages would be to get it quickly and easily ported to
| other platforms such as OS X and Linux, a task the company
| has promised to get done.
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http://torrentfreak.com/will-bittorrent-open-source-%c2%b5torrent/
Recently:
BitTorrent receives $20 million in financing
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| File-sharing company BitTorrent has received $20 million in
| financing, the company announced late Thursday.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6139882.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
BitTorrent Goes Legit
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| On its own, BitTorrent could become a next-generation NetFlix,
| soon to be replaced by others, especially since early
| versions of BitTorrent's technology were open-source,
| free to be downloaded over the Web.
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| [...]
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| Already, software company Red Hat (RHAT) uses free
| versions of the technology to distribute the open-source
| operating system Linux to companies.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061023_551741.htm?campaign_id=bier_tco.g3a.rssd1023i
http://tinyurl.com/yjgghr
IIRC though, BT will use Microsoft DRM and it's in bed with the MPAA.
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