Good, solid code. Minor interface improvements over LimeWire. - hideme666
"Frost Wire and Lime Wire both look identical with the same layout. Do they both come from the same place? Why two?"
Why do they look nearly identical? Well, they are nearly the same code base!
Do they come from the same place? NO. LimeWire is released by a for-profit company.
They have invested significant resources into making LimeWire the application it is, and, have generously made their code available to the public under the GNU General Public License.
The GPL allows anyone, anywhere can take this code and make their own modifications to it, provided any such changes are made available to anyone, without restrictions. This is precisely what the FrostWire project has done. They have taken LimeWire's source and modified it to meet the project's needs.
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Good, solid code. Minor interface improvements over LimeWire. - hideme666
"Frost Wire and Lime Wire both look identical with the same layout. Do they both come from the same place? Why two?"Why do they look nearly identical? Well, they are nearly the same code base!
Do they come from the same place? NO. LimeWire is released by a for-profit company.
They have invested significant resources into making LimeWire the application it is, and, have generously made their code available to the public under the GNU General Public License.
The GPL allows anyone, anywhere can take this code and make their own modifications to it, provided any such changes are made available to anyone, without restrictions. This is precisely what the FrostWire project has done. They have taken LimeWire's source and modified it to meet the project's needs.
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