Due to a misunderstanding of mine, I made a post here originally claiming that LimeWire Pro was open-source and that one could legally download its binaries. I was wrong.
Instead, this post will now be about FrostWire which is a free Gnutella client very similar to LimeWire from a user-interface point-of-view but removes many of the limitations placed upon the free LimeWire, provides many Pro features and provides support for the BitTorrent network all free of charge and it’s open-source! To download this file-sharing program, FrostWire, click here!
FrostWire looks almost identical to LimeWire Pro from its appearance and is skinnable much like LimeWire. It is also programmed in Java which allows it to run on most major platforms - such as Windows, OS X and Linux!
FrostWire’s website often seems like it does not want to load so I suggest that you use CNET’s mirror (if you use Windows but this one for Linux users or this one for OS X ones).
FrostWire’s great and I just wish I listened to its fans in this article’s comments section earlier! My apologies to LimeWire’s developers for my earlier mistake!
Any questions, just email me: computerjoe [at] gmail [dot] com .
Ohh… Thanks. I I was just using Limewire, wasn’t willing to pay for the Pro version. You just saved me $18.88 :D, not that I would have gone and bought it, but it’s the principal.
The source code is free. The compiled binary is not. Unless you got the source code and compiled it, you stole it, breaking the law.
Unless that binary has been compiled manually. Which i doubt. IMHO that site is bogus.
Oh that is cool, I never even considered what you just told us..
Hmm according the the comments, this may not be really legal after all, so, what’s the real deal?
I’ve always thought the upgrade to pro deal was a bit strange. There seems noticeable difference between it and the standard version.
I fully agree that in order to keep up with modern times limewire seriously need to rethink it’s commercial strategy.
Dugg.
Calling Java as a platform “generally buggy” is absolutely incorrect. The knock against Java is usually performance - but in recent years even that isn’t true.
If by buggy you mean “has memory leaks” you are wrong. That wont happen in Java. If you mean “crashes” - that has nothing to do with Java - and has everything to do with the programmer.
Calling Java “generally buggy” - and stating it as if it were a “commonly known” fact means one of two things.
1: You are an idiot and like to make up things as “facts.” or
2: Everyone you talk to is stupid, and tells you lies.
Um, Limewire is licensed under the GPL. The GPL allows free redistribution of the program in *ANY* form, as long as you offer to distribute the source with it.
”
You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, ”
I don’t know where you all got the idea that compiled binaries have different terms.
Xepo’s right. The GPL allows free redistribution of any form of the software, binary or source.
Also, just for reference, you can also download the free Limewire and use it to download a copy of the pro binary.
frostwire >
The Buggy Java Platform? What a dense idiot you must be. I mean, it’s cleary evident you know nothing about Java or software development so why not just shut your mouth and give out the link instead of gracing us with your stupid and ignorant remarks.
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Dugg!!!!!!!
You can compile from the source and hack your way to PRO if you want to, but obtaining the binaries like that is illegal.
I suggest you fix your blog post, since you’re inducing software piracy, and that’s illegal, you could have your blog shut down for this.
Angel Leon
LimeWire Web Developer
Hi Angel Leon, great product you have here. Just wondering…you do realize how thick the irony is that you can download Limewire Pro using Limewire? Don’t you realize the thick thick irony?
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Is this any better than the cornell.edu version of this program? (Limewire with Credence is what they call it)
I’ve used it for awhile and was just wondering about this “Pro” version.
If you have never heard of it, do a search for Limewire with Credence and download it from cornell.edu’s website.
I am about to get the pro version… just wanted someone else to stop me if it sucks compared to my current limewire version :/
word hah
LimeWire Pro, for free, legally!…
Webby’s World says how to get the open-source paid-for version of, the Gnutella client, LimeWire for free….
Software is never really “free”. Everything comes with a cost. The only difference is sometimes you pay now, while other times you pay later.
another thing you could have done if u wanted limewire pro is click on the programs tab in limewire and seearch limewire pro works great
Frostwire is open-source and based on Limewire, so why not pre-compile frostwire and make it into the equivalent to “Limewire Pro”. Your very own Frostwire Pro. (I don’t work for Frostwire, but am willing to be beta tester if someone actually does it).
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And frostwire works well on linux it’s the only thing I use for p2p other than azureus
did anyone bother to check the readme with this file? this is just a blantantly pirated version of limewirepro. they even admit it.
from the readme:
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LAMER’s NOTE:
The LimeWire PRO installer is downloaded from the Official LimeWire
Website and the subscription costs being shouldered by us.
We don’t compile this version ourselves nor modify/tamper it in any way.
You may compare the MD5 checksum of the installers if you want.
So just SHUT UP and be thankful coz we saved you $18 bucks off your wallet.
Qoute: “Hi Angel Leon, great product you have here. Just wondering?you do realize how thick the irony is that you can download Limewire Pro using Limewire? Don?t you realize the thick thick irony?”
I know Angel from LimeWire LLC’s dev team. I talk to him frequently. He is correct in what he said.
While it may be true that you can download it from the network, it does NOT give you, or anyone the right distribute it or dwnload it without the permission to do so. Software piracy is illegal in the same way that downloading copyright music is. You wouldnt want the RIAA to come after you, right? Then why would you want SIIA instead to come? Let me say that LimeWire LLC CAN distribute 2 different versions of the software under different licenses. They hold the originating license under which you are bound by. Azureus does the same thing. Except they dont sell a PRO version. They sell source code.
It is absolutely illegal, without the permission, to distribute or download the LimeWire PRO binaries that were created and produced by LimeWire LLC.
You may however create the binaries yourself from the GPL licensed sourcecode and distribute them as much as you want, legally (as-long as you do not violate any trademark laws. ;)).
Please respect Open Source software. LimeWire MUST bring in a revenue to pay for its development costs.
Thanks,
Ian Walker
FrostWire Development Team Member
All of you must be new to OSS. You can NOT release something under the GPL, then attempt to restrict how it’s used. As long as they give you credit for it, you are powerless. So unless he tries to change the name to “LemonWire” and tries to charge for it, it’s a dead issue.
What you can do is dual license it. Commercial license for the pro version, and release the same code under GPL. You can release the same code under 2 difference licenses - it’s completely legal. But since they declared it GPL on their own website, it’s a done deal.
That’s the whole point of the GPL people, you can do with it as you wish, as long as you credit the author.
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Er… if you’re trying to market software used for pirating other software… you’re pretty much a jackass if you get upset when someone pirates your software.
Also, the actual Java *language* isn’t buggy, that’s rediculous. But it’s so poorly done that every application written in it that I have ever seen is buggy.
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Dugg!
Get LimeWire Pro for free and legally!…
Many people just download music for free. Some people pay the software to download music for free.
Well - Webby’s World says Limewire Pro is freely distributable because it is an Open Source. The $18.88 has been paid, now he’s distributin…
Ok…. For all you people that just dont get it on the GPL/Commercial Dual License things.
Here’s the senario. I write a program, we’ll call it Foobar!
I release the sourcecode for foobar to the world under the GPL
At the same time or some later time, I go in and add more features, I can also release a Commercial version. Am I violating the GPL? No I am not. Why? I own the copyright to the software and I can license it under as many licenses as I want.
Want real world examples of this in action? MySQL and Asterisk come to mind easily. So since MySQL AB and Digium sell copies specific commercial licenses to THEIR software you think they are violating their own license? hah……
alkalineX: I’m planning to try your FrostWire. And yes, I too have noticed LimeWire Pro is available through Gnutella.
This is stealing and it is not right.
quoting Ron Howard: “Hi Angel Leon, great product you have here. Just wondering?you do realize how thick the irony is that you can download Limewire Pro using Limewire? Don?t you realize the thick thick irony?”
Thanks for remarking what a great piece of software we got. And of course we know you can get LimeWire PRO on the gnutella network, and in any other network… are you supposed to do it? of course not, that would be software piracy and we don’t support piracy of any kind.
Here’s my favorite example on this subject, It might be a little extreme, but it helps illustrate the purpose.
Can you buy a car?
Yes.
Can you drive it 60mph in an avenue and then run over 20 people waiting on a bus stop? Yes.
Can the car engineers avoid people from doing that? No.
Can laws enforce you not to do that? Maybe.
Would you kill 20 people with your car? I hope not.
Why wouldn’t you do it?
If you don’t get it Another example that might be closer to this situation would be this…
Some guy on the street says:
“Hey, I robbed a jewelry, there’s about 10 million dollars worth of stolen gold on 320 Lexington on the 4th floor, just go in and get as much as you want!, it’s free! I stole it, I’ll save you thousands of dollars, you don’t have to buy jewelry for you loved one this valentine’s!”
Would you go and get the free stolen jewelry, and support the guy who’s inducing people to be part of the crime?
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Also, the zipfile from the website LimeWirePRO4in1.zip is password protected so you can’t even open it. No Digg.
Tropic Flite,
If you had read the website about 5 lines below the download link, you’d notice they publish the password right on there.
If You Want To Download The Complete ZIP Package For Windows, MAC OS X, Linux, Solaris, OS/2 Etc Then Click HERE (RapidShare) 21.2MB
Zip Archive Password: http://www.limewirepro.net.tc
I’ve been using FrostWire, from frostwire.com lately. It’s open source, free, and runs on Java though, the one caveat :
I agree with the fellow above with the car analogies- just because we can do it, doesn’t mean we should.
But then again, I did it anyway, I’m a hypocritical asshole, but whatever.
Limewire users should check out cabos ( http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/ ). It’s based on Limewire’s source and it’s fast, free and uPnP aware.
can i download free lime wire pro
i agree to the terms and conditions to go onto limewire
awesome :):):) limewire pro be all for free. you roxorz!
i hope not 2 many people get this. i readed limewire pro be less good for the network. every person that gets this slows down. its the best if only i had limewire pro. come think it, i hate you all!!! l0l!!!
now i got it u should take it down to keep the network fastest! hehe
wait! maybe some 1 dont want the rest of us using pro to make his stuff faster. can some 1 plz scan this? i cant find the md5 on the real site. if you installed some brand new virus up in my puter or something steels my credit card when i tipe. well then you make it my bidness!
r0f1! now im all parinoid! lol! wuz da csrss.exe progie? wuz da explorer.exe progie? gonna trash it all! oh no i think i trashed something i shouldnt! w00t w00t!
ill be back and let you know if this progie burns my puter!
piece out an stay out ta my bidness!
wait! if teh progie burns my puter i cant be back and tell u all! r0f1!
oh damn it! i paid limewire the 18 bucks for something i could get free! arrghhh!!! well i guess they wont accept a refund! grrr…. anyways ive compared the MD5 checksums of the “official” limewire pro installers with the one offered at http://limewirepro.net.tc and its true! they are all BOTH THE SAME! Same size, same contents, same stuff… Its the real deal….
Waited quite long for this to come
What’s the point of using limewire pro again? Compared to other gnutella clients … (serious question)
“Software piracy is illegal in the same way that downloading copyright music is.” wait, this is too good. We are actually getting told not to steal by the creators of frostwire. I am being held down and choked by the irony here. There needs to be a note above the screen on every programmer and software engineers computer “IF YOU DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO STEAL YOUR PROGRAMS, DO NOT CREATE ANY PROGRAMS!!!!!!”. For the first time in history the consumers of media have more power than the creators and distributors of media. I think the music industry made a grave error in charging 15 dollars for a CD when they could have charged a lot less and still made a profit, the high price of music drove a lot of users to p2p and once you have experienced free music you will never go back.
formidabel
This has nuthing to do with this, BUT THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN IS SWEET!!! + LEEEERRRROOOOYYYY JEEENNNKIIIINSSSS
Using Open-Source to Get LimeWire Pro…
LimeWire is an open source P2P, yet strangely it is sold both as a free and pro version. Still, the pro version is open-source, so it is freely distributed.
I understand free versions of software being open-source, how they license the pro license unde…
thanks!!
omfg thanks hope it really works….
i would like two try limewire free i heard it is good
I absolutely agree with KP…. w00t
Free download
RECOMEND IT TO ENY 1
This is cool
Qoute: “We are actually getting told not to steal by the creators of frostwire. I am being held down and choked by the irony here.”
What irony? P2P applications are not meant to be used for piracy. It was intended to be used as a distribution medium for content providers. Anyone can become a content provider through the use of P2P. The intent was to give everyone the power to distribute content without having the drawback of large bandwidth requirments. We DO NOT induce or support users that download copyright material without the permission of the copyright holder/owner.
You basically just admitted to everyone that you download copyright material because of your lack of understanding dual licensing models. And on that note, FrostWire is only under one license - the GPL. We also do not sell the products we produce. So what is your argument? You violate the law when you download a program that you do not have permission to have in your possession. Then you further your statements by basically saying that P2P developers should not me suprised when their own software is pirated either on the network they manage or some other medium of distribution. LimeWire LLC nor The FrostWire Team induce these behaviors. Your behavior is upto you. You are right however when you state that we do not have the power to stop it. But does that make it right?
This proves how much you really know about P2P technology, its uses and its intent.
I will leave you with these last statements: Piracy is wrong. P2P was not intended for the distribution of pirated material. The choice IS yours. You have a conscience, make the right one.
Regards,
Ian Walker
FrostWire Development Team Member
all i have to say is that all of you are incredibly smart, its awesome, i couldnt dream of coming back with half of the things i have read today if someone said this stuff to me. im not taking any sides, just lettin yall know that i admire ya. l8r
Damm this is free
Ok I have been burned a few times because of the GPL and I was on the same side as Limewire is now. After learning a bit I have learned to avoid licensing anything that I do under any GPL type license because of it. You are stupid for licensing it under that and while I do have pitty on you for it because I was in the same boat I have to take the side of the masses here and say “tough shit!” your can’t restrict your program in any way while under the pure GPL license. Each other license has limitations that help the creators but the GPL has only 1. It allows you to retain credit and the name thats all. You can’t say jack to anyone that wants to do anything with either the compiled or source form of the program. That is the point of the GPL. The GPL is designed to SCREW the creator and give the user complete freedom. That is the true point. If you wanted something else you should have looked at one of the hundred other licenses on the Internet and picked one like Sun’s, Microsoft’s, QT’s, etc.
sorry, im going to have to side with the limewire people… Piracy is lame when you have Open Source (frostwire)… But I guess even as a linux user i might just tryyy it out and i will pay if i really like it…
anyone agree with my standpoint?
i luv limewire!
Seems like alot of people still do not understand dual or multiple licensing models. I will not further the arguments any longer.
thanks
dis iz great fanx
I THINK ITS GREAT
can i download limewire pro for free
aek
thaks, i needed pro and u helped me.
i would never had been able to pay 18 dollar fee, i live in country where one month may is only 50 dollar and one has to struggle for many years to find a job that pays 50 dollar per month.
so thanks for letting me know.my computer is old and connection very slow, and get disconnected very often , so anything helps
thanks
thanks
ohhhhhhh, thank you! you are a hero
Hey, thanks 4 having LimewirePro 4 free. Now I don’t have to go to the store and buy it.
yeh and thanks katherine thanksa 4 lettin me hav limewire free u8 such a star
“P2P applications are not meant to be used for piracy.”
“We DO NOT induce or support users that download copyright material without the permission of the copyright holder/owner.”
Maybe p2p networks werent originally intended for sharing copyrighted materials, but that is their almost sole purpose now. You say you do not support piracy, but in fact you are one of the greatest supporters of piracy. You make the software that makes piracy possible. If you didnt support piracy you would stop distributing Limewire, because that is what Limewire is used for, piracy.
“You basically just admitted to everyone that you download copyright material”
Well DUH!
YOO SM3LL LiK3 FOOSTY CH33S3 !!
do u have to pay
its ok
it is exelent
gimme my movies
I just have to reply to this: “You make the software that makes piracy possible. If you didnt support piracy you would stop distributing Limewire, because that is what Limewire is used for, piracy.”
HMMMM… WELL… Cisco makes routers that are used in the whole chain of file sharing. Should Cisco stop producing internet routers to curve internet piracy? LimeWire might be used for piracy, but it doesn’t make it right. With your logic I can steal your identity and rob you of your life. Just because I can. I can go with more extreme cases aswell.
Nuff said.
Thanks for Limewire Pro U saved me alot.
i thought it was free u smelly stinkbag
way to go i got no songs because you put in prsonle imformation now im pist you guys think this is a great wedsite itunes is better.so i want songs for free not 19.99
i hate gold fish and thats better than the deal u want to offer people u smelly stink bag at least itunes makes u pay and its not illegal
you stink bags i hate this deal itunes offers $.99 and you offer way more a month just to join this sucks . itunes is better if i could you have no once so ever to now what i would say.
Ok, now i’ve read some really interesting comments on here and i must admit i have learned a few things about the licensing act’s. Firstly it seems that most of the users using these p2p networks have no idea why they are here and their intentions, i wont leave quotes just read the articles, i myself being one of them, i have downloaded stuff from the net, be it illegal or not, under the pretense ‘if its there its yours’ but i understand where the developers come from, if your spending 12 hours a day, 6 days week working on free software you cant work, or are probably working unpaid, therefore you need money for your further developments. As i understand it the GPL license only gives the developers the right the own the name and get credit for it but no rights of ownership, where as there are plently of licenses that give full ownership but require more money to buy them. which i think is the issue. Finally i want to drop a bombshell that every one seems to be missing. I also understand it that the exchange of digital data cannot be illegal as this type of data, in effect, is just electrical pulses. How can you put a copyright on electricity?
(might just be me being blonde)
Rox, Man
how the hell do i get it i dont c no download sign
it is good
i have had limewire in the past i now have limewire pro but i cant seem to get it to work….any ideas
However rong this is i dont get why no one gets this is illegal IT SAY IT IN THE DAM README it says it there and how can it be legal seriously u guys must be thick ot somehting
and i agree with ATL who cares if its illegal seriusly
Can some one tell me where to download limewire pro for free. I have been reading these threads, but haven’t found the site for free download.
yer wat he said above me
Wat that other guy said
im with da guy who said how to get limewire pro for free im looking but i can find it can somebody plz tell me where to find it for FREE???
thankz!!!!!
Thanks…….
read this page more carefully there is a link for it there. or just google limewire pro. duh!
Thx!!!!
“HMMMM? WELL? Cisco makes routers that are used in the whole chain of file sharing. Should Cisco stop producing internet routers to curve internet piracy?”
No, I do not think that Cisco should stop making routers. Most routers are not used illegally. While over 90% of Limewire downloads are illegal. Also, if there were no routers it wouldnt “curve” piracy IT WOULD STOP IT.
hey hey hey het
This is great, thank you, I cannot aford and never will.
i wonder if lime wire will soon be in debt or something since so many people are downloading the versions illegally
the best thing ever!!
“No, I do not think that Cisco should stop making routers. Most routers are not used illegally. While over 90% of Limewire downloads are illegal. Also, if there were no routers it wouldnt ?curve? piracy IT WOULD STOP IT.”
Using LimeWire is not illegal either. It is just in the chain of filesharing just like Cisco routers are. LimeWire just allows a network-commons of people to collectively create a digital library. LimeWire has no control over what is being shared/stored on the network. The INTENT of Routers/Windows OS/Linux/Hubs/NICS/CAT5-6 etc were not to allow an easy way to transfer pirate materials. The same circumstance goes with limewire which was not INTENDED to allow an easy medium to transfer pirate materials. And the same principle can be applied to guns, knives, pencils, paper-clips, anything. Anything can be used in any such a way that it wasnt intended to be used. Oh, and piracy exists elsewhere besides the internet, so it would only curve piracy, not stop it.
My question to you was: Should Cisco stop producing internet routers to curve internet piracy? Your response should have been “Oh, I understand now. Because LimeWire just ALLOWS for the transfer to take place just like a cisco router does. Although the INTENDED purpose can be abused, it should be seen as a mere nuisance instead of a technological blunder (so now we put DRM in everything).”
LimeWire is used for legal purposes too. In latter versions, you can see the use of Creative Commons searches. In all fairness, if I was going to download a Linux distro I would use BT, but not everyone would.
Its says download it from this website!
CANT YOU GUYS READ!?
DOWNLOAD HERE–> http://www.limewirepro.net.tc
nice one
I THINK THAT LIMEWIRE IS THE BEST TO DOWNLOAD THINGS
my cousin said its illegal to download limewire cause the tunes are free is it ??
LIMEWIRE IS THE BEST TO DOWNLOAD THINGS
i love lime wire like soooooooooo badly i would love to have it for free nd without paying anything or any money nd if i do im goinn not able to buy it soo plz make it for free without pay8ing anymoney………….nd i love LIME WIRE SO FREEKING BADLY.
man its the coolest thing that ever happend to me
Clicked on link.
Downloaded .zip file.
Installed.
Awesome.
well , ya i think its real pretty 2 save that kinda money n big thx 2 whoever did that …..it was a gr8 help 4 me ….im out
(in response to alkalineX)
Ok, well do not get me wrong, I am not against internet piracy. I love internet piracy and I am downloading copyrighted files off of my illegally obtained copy of PRO as I type this. My gripe originally was that a person who works with Frostwire posted that we should not be stealing. This irked me because if you create a gnutella client, you are helping illegal filesharers. I do not for one second beleive that the creators of Limewire and Frostwire ever intended their products to be used solely for legal downloads. Especially Frostwire, it was created in response to the fact that limewire was going implement copyright filters into its client. Frostwire was created so that filesharers could continue sharing copyrighted works, so it makes no sense for someone working with Frostwire to tell people about the morals of filesharing. Also I am confused on your usage of the word “curve” how can you curve an intangible noun? Do you mean “curb” as in to reduce? When I said “piracy” I meant illegal filesharing, obviously there are other kinds of piracy, but that is the only one relevant to these boards and this discussion.
think you for all the help
yea its great
Checked Limewire pro with yahoo anti-spy and adware is detected.If you remove thenwhole application stop working.
Is Adultfriendster sponsoring Limewire pro?
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