Using names to get users...


Looks like another case of someone co-opting a name to get attention for their project.

Gnutella is a well known protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing, Gnutella2 is someone else's protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing. Maybe this is why trademarks were invented?

'Gnutella2, or "Mike's Protocol," has some interesting properties. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Gnutella, however. It's a separate protocol that is bootstrapping off of the Gnutella name to do things like get on Slashdot, and everyone here is falling for it.'


Posted: Tue - March 25, 2003 at 03:19 PM           |

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