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  • (The name Gnutella comes from a combination of "Nutella," a thick chocolate-hazelnut spread presumably favored by the program's developers, and the GNU Project, a free-software group.)

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • (The name Gnutella comes from a combination of "Nutella," a thick chocolate-hazelnut spread presumably favored by the program's developers, and the GNU Project, a free-software group.)

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Although Gnutella is usually discussed in connection with music, the most common search term users type in must surely be "Pamela Anderson video."

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Gnutella is therefore much less vulnerable to legal action — there's no central entity to sue.

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Gnutella is therefore much less vulnerable to legal action — there's no central entity to sue.

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Gnutella is software that (again!) is being developed by a loose band of young people with a lot of spare time.

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Gnutella is software that (again!) is being developed by a loose band of young people with a lot of spare time.

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • Although Gnutella is usually discussed in connection with music, the most common search term users type in must surely be "Pamela Anderson video."

    The Heavenly Jukebox 2000

  • I’m beginning to think that’s worse that if LW shuts its doors … As FOSS, LW will be worked on anyways, while now the LW infected with the CC branch will destroy Gnutella as users will continue to dl it until Gnutella is to ill to be usable in any way.

    LimeWire – for licensed audio 2005

  • So last March Warner Music execs went ballistic when an AOL unit posted a music-sharing program called Gnutella, which allowed users to swap files freely.

    All For One, One For Aol 2008

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