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| − | A ''bad feature'' is a feature that is not generally accepted in the | + | 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 |
== Very bad features. == | == Very bad features. == | ||
| − | There are also features that hurt the network. | + | There are also features that hurt the network. Features like spam, 0-upload or no ratio are examples of this. |
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| − | eMule is released under the [[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL]]. Any mod that does not comply with that license is a gpl | + | == GPL violators == |
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| + | eMule is released under the [[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL]]. Any mod that does not comply with that license is a gpl viloators. | ||
Some examples. | Some examples. | ||
| − | *Not releasing/hosting source. Read this [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AnonFTPAndSendSources FAQ]! | + | *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!) | *Claiming you wrote the software without giving credit where credit is due. (see section 2 of the gpl!) | ||
=== Note === | === Note === | ||
| − | * Linking to the official emule source is not enough. | + | * 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 | + | * 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 == | == Disadvantages == | ||
| − | If you use a leecher modification | + | 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. |
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[[Category:terms]] | [[Category:terms]] | ||
