Gnutella and the opensource LW code will survive. There are many issues to be resolved yet, and as long as you don't use or connect to untrusted ultrapeers you'll be as free to share tomorrow as you are today.
LW has no rights over my shares (nor any of the content shared through gnutella), nor does the RIAA have jurisdiction in all countries yet.
The EFF warned that the SCOTUS decision on Grokster would chill development, and now it looks like the owner of the commercial side of LimeWire has been chilled by the RIAA threats. Mark Gorton, the owner of LimeWire LLC, has persistently proven his support of open standards.
He has now proven the wisdom of making the code open source
Quote:
LimeWire is the Flagship Client on the Gnutella Network
We believe that the Gnutella Network could be and should be one of the core distribution tools on the Internet. We believe in open standards, open networks, and that any global networking protocol must have an open source piece at its core if it is to remain uncorrupted. We believe that the best people to develop the Gnutella Network and its applications are its users.
We invite all users interested in developing the Gnutella Network and its applications to join the LimeWire Open Source Project. Lime Wire LLC hopes to expedite Gnutella research and development by providing the core message passing and file sharing code, so that one need not waste time re-writing it. The combined public efforts of noble individuals will keep Gnutella a virtuous, public network, for the people and by the people. The LimeWire Open Source Project hopes other developers will help to build the network that benefits all people and future generations.
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So it's simple: only use installers that remain uncorrupted and benefit all people and future generations. Development will continue.
I'll be reverting to the 4.9.29 Pro, and will check with the opensource developers about which installers meet the goals of LimeWire's above statement.
Happy sharing all: development will continue, and the 1 million lines of code that LW.com has developed and released already provide a fine virtuous public network for the current 2 million users around the world.