The GDF!
 

After GregorK (Phex), also Raphael (gtk-gnutella) left the GDF:

quote:
From: Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@p...>
Date: Thu Mar 14, 2002 10:35 pm
Subject: Good BYE




This is my BYE message to the GDF.

Raphael


I have a strange feeling that he is not the last one... actually we have more actively developed clients outside the GDF than inside!

Perhaps we should rename the GDF into BLDF - bearshare and limewires developer forum!

Besides them there is only Gnucleus, Mactella and Cultiv8r in the GDF AFAIK! I think at least ten clients which are not in the GDF!

Morgwen

I'm still with the GDF and I'm not intending to leave it.

Gregor

Sorry then I am wrong - I heard you left it!

Morgwen

It's Konrad Haenel (previous Phex lead) that left, after a bash on the GDF about the re-queries. No one could come up with concrete evidence Phex was hurting the network, and some were openly discussing to block Phex. Which was indeed B.S. for some GDFers to do.

So when you don't get your way you stomp off in a fit? hold your breath till you turn blue? call your momma? WTF?
the_gdf is starting to look more like pre school.
RAM practically ran the gdf for the last 4 months, whats his problem?

Thninking back now when that happended , I bet XoloX was in full swing testing mode!

I'm not sure either if this was all Phex fault. But because of these problems we spend much time in improving the research and are having one of the most complex researchs available that is capable to reacts efficient on different network situation.

I like to make it more tunable for the user as soon I have done the higher priority topics.

Gregor

I'm writing in this thread because there are many people related to the GDF.

What is happened?
Who is in charge of it now?

I never joined the the Yahoo group. I assume that the last comment was in 2014.

I've emailed a Gtk-Gnutella a time or two. The project seems important, but life has other demands. I'm actually impressed by how many releases come out of that project.

WireShare seems to get maintained. Also Shareaza keeps on going (but it is multi-protocol).

I see a new "pay for" limewire clone pop up once in a while.

Which ones? I thought all those businesses vanished. There are still some left-over users from those pay-for sites using the network.
I guess there will always be those same type who advertise free downloads & then shift to another site a while later. That's how some of them operated when the heat was onto them; Grab & run.