WireShare

WireShare (formerly known as LPE or LimeWire Pirate Edition) is a resurrected version of the LimeWire software (a gnutella p2p-network client). LPE was adapted from LimeWire Basic software to provide similar features to LimeWire Pro; no adware, advertising, or backdoor control. The Ask toolbar integration was removed, along with dependencies to LimeWire servers and remote settings. The software supports Windows, Linux and Mac, and its source code is available on GitHub..

History

Two days after LimeWire was shut down by the RIAA, a hacker with the alias of "Meta Pirate" created LimeWire Pirate Edition. Lime Wire LLC has stated that: "We are not behind these efforts. LimeWire does not authorize them. LimeWire is complying with the Court’s October 26, 2010 injunction." The LimeWire team, after being accused by the RIAA of being complicit in the development of LimeWire Pirate Edition, swiftly acted to shut down the Pirate Edition website. A court order was issued to close down the website, and, to remain anonymous, Meta Pirate did not contest the order.

WireShare 
According to its SourceForge website, WireShare is the newest fork of the original LimeWire open source project (a successor of LPE: LimeWire Pirate Edition, which name was dropped for legal reasons). This software is developed to help keep the Gnutella network alive and to maintain a good faith continuation of the original project (without adware or spyware).

See also

 FrostWire, a former gnutella client, and also a LimeWire fork, that was created in 2004, also with the purpose of removing adware and backdoors.

References

External links
 
 LimeWire Pirate Edition source code at GitHub
 Guide to using LimeWire
 LimeWire Pirate Editions by MetaPirate and File_Girl71

Category:Gnutella clients
Category:Free BitTorrent clients
Category:Free file sharing software
Category:Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
Category:Internet services shut down by a legal challenge