XMule

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xMule — the X11 Mule — is a client for the eDonkey peer-to-peer file sharing network, intended to bring it to virtually all the major Unix platforms, with a particular emphasis on Linux. The most recent version of xMule is version 1.13.6 which was released on March 1, 2006.

xMule is a fork of the lMule client, which itself was originally a Linux-only port of the eMule client. Due to severe differences between the developers, a new fork was created with the aMule project on August 18, 2003; the day that one of xMule's maintainers, Ted R. Smith, was sued by the Motion Picture Association of America. ^{[citation needed]}

xMule has since suffered from negative publicity through anonymous comments on software review sites such as GnomeFiles and Zeropaid, some of them even suggesting that the xMule project has stopped (while promoting aMule).^{[1] [2]} It should be noted though that the official aMule page solely states that "relations between the two projects are sadly in a rather sorry state", whereas xMule's site contains an extensive manifesto on the issue, which goes as far as drawing comparisons to the different coding philosophies behind Internet Explorer and Mozilla.^{[3] [4]}

[edit] Trivia

The name xMule was created as the new official name for the lMule project when it was first ported to FreeBSD in early May 2003 and the maintainers effectively lost control of the lMule website.[1] [2]

[edit] References

1. ^ GnomeFiles posts. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
2. ^ xMule. Zeropaid. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
3. ^ xMule. AMule Project wiki. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
4. ^ The Coding Philosophies of xMule vs aMule. xMule. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.

[edit] External links

• xMule project page
• Freshmeat download page
• Main developer's blog
• RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author - Slashdot news story on RIAA's legal action against Ted R. Smith (August 21 2003)