Bad feature
A bad feature is a feature that is not generally accepted in the emule network. Examples of this are very high ratio's (1: 5=bad), Credit shaping, automatically taking completed file offline. Some people call these feature illegal, but most they just do not confer to the board rules of http://forum.emule-project.net
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Very bad features.
There are also features that hurt the network. Features like spam, 0-upload or no ratio are examples of this.
GPL violators
eMule is released under the [GPL]. Any mod that does not comply with that license is a gpl viloators.
Some examples.
- Not releasing/hosting source. (Read this [url=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AnonFTPAndSendSources FAQ]!
- Claiming you wrote the software without giving credit where credit is due. (see section 2 of the gpl!)
Note
- Linking to the official emule source is not enough. YOu have to release full sources yourself!
- Note that a version that does not include sources can have all kind of unwanted spyware/adware/trojans included. This happens more that you would think!
Disadvantages
If you use a leecher modification this might be detected by other clients with touch anti leecher detection. SO you might loose potential source when using a leecher mod. THere are also those who put all ip's that use a leecher mod on a ipfilter list. YOu might be branded for a long time if you use a leecher mod.
