Its an OPEN PROTOCOL.. What you described is impossible other propierty networks have basically took parts out of gnutella and if programs like bearshare and limewired wanted to do that as you say then they would have created atheir own propierty network long ago.

Also i would like to point out that you are not qualified nor do you have the right to telll me and the hundred of thousands of other gnutella users whats our best interest. Users are not stupid and need to be told what to do especially one person. Moak you thankfully do not represent the opinions of users nor do you represent the opinions of developers as illustrated when you flamed the GDF last month.

Morgwen again if you want to flame me and make personal remarks do it in a different thread. I dont care you go ahead and post whatever crap you want to in the end i think that it really show yours and moak's because he does it too true character...

I think the idea by both of you of a Socialist-type structured gnutella is dumb and a horrible idea and the current system which is more like a market system where programs compete with each other to draw users benifits users and work together for there best mutual benifit makes more sense and has worked good so far. The good programs and the good proposals will survive, the bad ones wont. The users choose which ones survive and which ones fail thats the "invisible hand" at work..

Under your plan developers would lose freedom, users would not benifit, and the network would either be ruled by the strict standard set in place by a few which would contain things that it should like "anti-freeloading" and etc. or the network would become increasing confusing and needlessly complicated as there are multiple duplicate "standards" that do the same thing but are all different and incompatible.

In the end your idea takes freedom away from developers and away from users.. And isnt needed because the current system is working pretty good..