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Re: [Gzz] Overnet
From: |
Vesa Kaihlavirta |
Subject: |
Re: [Gzz] Overnet |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Nov 2002 01:44:57 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 08:28:17PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Quoting Vesa Kaihlavirta <address@hidden>:
>
> > > when we talked on IRC, you said that Overnet is available as Free
> > > Software. Googling that, I can find no statements to that effect (and
> > > the download from the Overnet page is binary-only)... can you give
> > > references?
> >
> > Mldonkey has an implementation of Overnet.
> >
> > http://www.nongnu.org/mldonkey/
>
> Hi,
>
> Could you clarify, that is this implementation of Overnet or ed2k ? The
> difference between these two is that there are both clients and server in the
> ed2k network. In Overnet, however, there is only overnet clients (servants)
> which require no server connection upon client bootstrap when joining to
> network.
Mldonkey began as just an ed2k-client, but it now supports other networks
as well -- Overnet being one of them.
So, the answer: both.
--
V.K.