Freenet

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Freenet

https://freenetproject.org/
Filesharing program

Freenet allows efficient distribution of information over the Internet without fear of censorship. Freenet is completely decentralized: there is no entity in control of, or essential to, Freenet so there's no central point that would collapse the entire system if attacked. It is hard to remove single pieces of information from Freenet, since it's difficult to determine which computer is storing any given piece of information. Trying to determine where information is stored results in that information spreading to other nodes within Freenet (usually the opposite of what you want to happen). Both authors and readers of information on Freenet can remain anonymous if they wish. Freenet also employs intelligent routing and caching, meaning that it learns to route requests more efficiently, automatically mirrors popular data, makes network flooding almost impossible, and moves data to where it is in greatest demand.





Licensing

License

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Notes

License

GPLv2

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Janet Casey

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31 January 2001




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Steven Starr Contributor
Ian Clarke Maintainer
Steven Hazel Contributor
Oskar Sandberg Contributor
Theodore Hong Contributor
Brandon Wiley Contributor
Adam Langley Contributor
Scott Miller Contributor


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DeveloperE-mailmailto:devl@freenetproject.org
User, DeveloperBug Trackinghttps://bugs.freenetproject.org
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://github.com/freenet/fred
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freenet
Help, SupportE-mailmailto:support@freenetproject.org
UserE-mailmailto:tech@freenetproject.org


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to useJava Runtime Environment that supports Sun's JRE 1.1 or later




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