P2P using Gnutella

[Celina]

I am not writing anything. Might write in the future. Give me your the concerned email address concerned, anyway, for reference

[Magureanu]

The idea of Gnutella is mainly to be free and independent.
Most developers dont program for cash:
They are doing it because they like Gnutella.
(OK, lets forget about few client devs)

[Gloom Midori Hikkuko]

Write the program first, then come back and let some people know it works, see what people think before you make a big deal out of it. There are many, many programs and some are now un supported because people found out they can't make a zillion writing a client and gave up.
If you are here to make a buck, go write a PDA ap or something, gnutella is not the place for greed.

[Rockwell]

Thanks for your advice.

What if I can program a P2P Application. I can just make it connect to Gnutella, add some ads, and $$$ will come my way! Is it really that easy?

Or, how can I be a Gnutella Client?

[pbleeds99]

Or make a kickass gnutella app that blows the others out of the water. I don't think anyone here would mind seeing that

[musheezz]

OK OK! Cool down! I am not writing anything! I was just giving an example

[kaciedeb]

Hehe.

a) If you think U can write a client that easy... and b) also thousands of users think your ad-supported client is better than the free available competitors, then yes you can make some $$$ (or a lot when adding spyware?). Ask Bearshare and Limewire if they make good bucks? I wonder if they get rich?

[Samo]

I was just giving an example

Again I am giving an example:

Suppose, I can write a client. Then what do I need to do, in order to get listed officially as a Gnutella client?

[heihachi+rice=happyhachi]

Do you think it's easy to write an application? Do you think you might use the application for free, while the developer (who has toiled for hours) get's nothing? What if small mini-sized ads are featured, only such that the developer could afford hosting, and development of the application. Would you be happy with the person who deserves all the credit, gets something at-least? how would you answer this question

[discojoe3]

Programmers should get something for their work, of course.
Maybe it's fun, money, fame, experience what they get...

...the author could choose IMHO. Open source is fine for many reasons, but I also accept ads or paying a small amount for an ad-free version. If a program is worth to be used, it's worth to give something back to the programmer!