Comment by pikdum

3 days ago

Yeah, I'm not a fan. Feels like this project is trying to get popular off of Freenet's name recognition rather than its own merits.

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koolba  3 days ago

The submitter is the creator of the original Freenet. If anybody gets to decide what we will call Freenet, it’s him.

  • pikdum  3 days ago

    I'd agree if this was more like a Freenet v3, but it's an entirely different project with completely different goals.

  • DANmode  2 days ago

    That’s not how contributing money to the success of a specific thing should be able to work at all.

  • GJim  2 days ago

    > If anybody gets to decide what we will call Freenet, it’s him.

    Perhaps.

    Though reusing the name for an entirely different project with a different codebase is disingenuous to say the least.

    That won't do his reputation any good, especially in a field where reputation matters.

    • sanity  2 days ago

      > Though reusing the name for an entirely different project with a different codebase is disingenuous to say the least.

      Same project, same goals, and it's not even the first time we started with a fresh codebase - we did it in 2008.

      > That won't do his reputation any good, especially in a field where reputation matters.

      This drama never comes up anywhere except HN where it seems to be the obsession of a small number of vocal people who never have anything to say about the substance of the project. I don't lose any sleep over it.

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