A law-abiding peer-to-peer network for free-software distribution

Author

Bakker, Arno ; Van Steen, Maarten ; Tanenbaum, Andrew S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

67

Abstract

The Globe Distribution Network (GDN) is an application for worldwide distribution of freely redistributable software packages. The GDN takes a novel, optimistic approach to stop the illegal distribution of copyrighted and illicit material via the network. Instead of having moderators check the software archives at upload time, illegal content is removed and its uploader´s access to the network permanently revoked only when the content is discovered. An important feature of the GDN is that the objects containing the software can run on untrustworthy servers. A first version of the GDN has been implemented and has been running since October 2000 across four European sites

Keywords

computer networks; copyright; legislation; public domain software; Globe Distribution Network; copyrighted; free software; freely redistributable software; illegal content; illegal distribution; redistributable software packages; untrustworthy servers; Application software; Buildings; Computer architecture; Data security; Large-scale systems; Middleware; Network servers; Packaging; Peer to peer computing; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Computing and Applications, 2001. NCA 2001. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1432-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NCA.2001.962516

Filename

962516