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Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by zacinbusiness »

csytan wrote: post #49
zacinbusiness wrote: post #25

So....what exactly is Isohunt.to? Isohunt.com was shut down and the footer of Isohunt.to says they are not affiliated with Isohunt inc. So...wouldn't it be safe to assume that Isohunt.to is just an MPAA/RIAA honeypot that's designed to snap up users of the original Isohunt who just don't notice the difference? I'd stay 50,000 miles away from them and any of their "products."

Isohunt.to is an unrelated clone of the original. Source: used to work for Isohunt.

Interesting! Did working for Isohunt help or hurt you in the post Isohunt job search? I would think that the technical skills learned from working at such a massively popular site would go a long way. But I wonder if employers would worry about affiliating themselves with an entity that's been deemed illegal. Thoughts?

Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by sleepyhead »

Kudos wrote: post #54
sleepyhead wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Pirate Bay was ruled to be illegal.

This piece of software is not a torrent indexing website.

I think my point is, which in regards to Pirate Bay I have made earlier on HN as well, is that whatever nerds think of these technologies is usually quite different what the courts rule.

Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by thefreeman »

Tsutsukakushi wrote: post #56
thefreeman wrote: post #50

FYI popcorn time is still being actively developed and is open source. https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app/ it isn't the original team but they have been maintaining it for the past few months and seem committed to keeping it alive.

It's not open source. It's free software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.... E: one of the links was wrong. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.htm...

I appreciate the point you are trying to make, but maybe if you said something more like "its not just open source, but also free software" it would have come across as less hostile.

Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by Tsutsukakushi »

thefreeman wrote: post #63
Tsutsukakushi wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not open source. It's free software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.... E: one of the links was wrong. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.htm...

I appreciate the point you are trying to make, but maybe if you said something more like "its not just open source, but also free software" it would have come across as less hostile.

But they are not the same thing. It is NOT open source. This is why I stopped coming to Fapper Jews.

Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by thefreeman »

Tsutsukakushi wrote: post #64
thefreeman wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate the point you are trying to make, but maybe if you said something more like "its not just open source, but also free software" it would have come across as less hostile.

But they are not the same thing. It is NOT open source. This is why I stopped coming to Fapper Jews.

I think you need to learn to read your own links man.

As far as we know, all existing free software would qualify as open source.

If it's free software it's also open source.

Re: IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by Isohunt

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Post by vxNsr »

vxNsr wrote: post #52
MrJagil wrote: post #8

I want it for music. Would be perfect for parties as an alternative to spotify, grooveshark etc. Need queuing and support for a bunch of weird open formats and then we're good to go.

There is this: https://github.com/hiphopapp/Atraci it's a fork of hiphop by the original team and seems to have some of your reqs

Looks like they took it down, probably wasn't ready yet.
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