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BitTorrent client
Vuze
Developer Azureus Software
ReleaseJune2003;23years ago(2003-06)
Final release
5.7.6.0Edit this on Wikidata [1] / 2 November 2017;8 years ago(2 November 2017)
Preview release 5.7.6.1 Beta 1 (November2, 2017;8 years ago(2017年11月02日))[±] [2]
Written inJava [3]
Platform Java (software platform)
SuccessorBiglyBT
Size
  • Source code: 9.7MB
  • Linux: 18.9MB
  • Windows (x86): 9.1MB
  • Windows (x64): 9.0MB
  • Android: 5.4MB
  • OS X: 10.1MB
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Available in38 languages[5]
List of languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Polish, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Czech, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Turkish, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Serbian, Serbian (latin), Malay, Japanese, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Korean, Slovak, Bosnian, Frisian, Macedonian, Georgian
Type BitTorrent client
License GNU General Public License v2
Websitewww.vuze.com
Repository

Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content.[6] Content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games, series and others.

Azureus was first released in June 2003 at SourceForge.net, mostly to experiment with the Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse. It later became one of the most popular BitTorrent clients.[7] The Azureus software was released under the GNU General Public License, and remains as a free software application. It was among the most popular BitTorrent clients. However, the Vuze software added in more recent versions is proprietary and users are required to accept these more restrictive license terms.

Features

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Vuze (classic UI) statistics page

Bridging between I2P and the clearnet

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Vuze is one of few BitTorrent clients that make clearnet torrents available on I2P and vice versa. It has a plugin that connects to the I2P network. If the user adds a torrent from I2P, it will be seeded on both I2P and the clearnet, and if a user adds a torrent from the clearnet, it will be seeded on both the clearnet and I2P. For this reason, torrents previously published only on I2P are made available to the entire Internet, and users of I2P can download any torrent on the Internet while maintaining the anonymity of I2P.[8] [9] As of 2023 BiglyBT added support for using the I2P HTTP(S) proxy for eepsite URLs.[10] By default BiglyBT is configured to use StormyCloud Inc I2P Outproxy.[11]

History

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Azureus

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Azureus

Azureus was first released in June 2003 at SourceForge.net. The blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus ) was chosen as the logo and name of the brand by co-creator Tyler Pitchford. This choice was due to Latin names of poison dart frogs being used as codenames for his development projects.

Vuze

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In 2006 Vuze was released as an attempt to transform the client into a "social" client by a group of the original developers forming Azureus Inc., shortly to be renamed Vuze, Inc. A Vuze-free version of Azureus was released along with Vuze during the beta period. The releases used version numbers 3.0, while the Vuze-free versions continued with the 2.5 release numbers.[12] In addition, some developers voiced opposition to the idea of completely transforming the client.[citation needed ] Starting with an unknown version, Vuze was coupled with Azureus. Soon after, "NoVuze" modified versions were released on The Pirate Bay, and as of September 15, 2008, are available for versions up to 3.1.1.0. On June 16, 2008, the developers of Azureus/Vuze decided to stop releasing versions named Azureus, and complete the name change with the release of version 3.1. The client engine however, remains unchanged as Azureus.

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License change

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Up to version 2.5.0.4, Azureus was distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL); beginning with the version 3 distribution, the license presented upon installation changed. While it still states that the "Azureus Application" is available under the GPL, completing installation requires the user to agree to the terms of the "Vuze Platform," which include restrictions on use, reverse-engineering,[13] and sublicensing.[14] As with many similar licenses, the Azureus licence includes a prohibition on use of the software by people "under the age of 18."[15] Allegedly, the TOS only applies to the website, vuze.com, and not the software,[16] however the actual TOS include the application as part of the platforms.[17]

Acquisition by Spigot Inc

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Vuze was acquired by Spigot Inc in December 2010.[citation needed ]

Development hiatus and fork

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Main article: BiglyBT

Maintenance and development of Vuze ground to a halt in early 2017, with no new releases or commits being made since April, featured content becoming inaccessible, and users reporting outdated antivirus definitions.[18] The two main developers left the project and focused their efforts on a fork called BiglyBT,[19] which removed Vuze's premium and proprietary features[20] such as DVD burning, gaming promotions, the video-sharing content network, and the installer's advertisements.[21] [22]

Criticism

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Vuze is categorized as adware by Softpedia,[23] due to its inclusion of a Vuze Toolbar for web browsers. Vuze changes or offers to change home page and search and to install a promotional component not necessary for the program to function.[24] However, all adware can be declined by using a custom installation. In February 2010, What.CD and Waffles.fm, two large music sharing sites at the time, decided to ban the use of Vuze.[25]

However, Vuze cites its Softpedia Editor's pick award, having received an editor score of 4 out of 5 from two reviews: One on 23 November 2005[26] and another on 7 February 2012.[24]

Vuze includes built-in support for Tor, an anonymity network. The onion routers are run by volunteers using their own bandwidth at their own cost. Due to the high bandwidth usage caused by the BitTorrent protocol, it is considered impolite and inappropriate by Tor community members to use the Tor network for BitTorrent transfers.[27] [28] By default, the Tor exit policy blocks the standard BitTorrent ports.[29]

It also includes I2P support via an official plugin. In contrast to Tor, I2P is built for P2P traffic and encourages its use.[citation needed ]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Changelog". Vuze Community. Archived from the original on 2022年05月17日. Retrieved 2017年12月11日.
  2. ↑ "Vuze - Dev Home". Vuze Development. 2017年11月02日. Retrieved 2017年12月11日.
  3. ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (January 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0" . Retrieved 14 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Azureus/Vuze.com - Browse /vuze at SourceForge.net". Azureus.Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2013年05月15日. Retrieved 2013年05月10日.
  5. ↑ "Vuze FAQ". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2013年07月28日. Retrieved 2013年07月24日.
  6. ↑ Azureus' HD Vids Trump YouTube Archived 2013年10月27日 at the Wayback Machine , Calore, Michael (Wired News): (2006年12月04日)
  7. ↑ "SourceForge Top Projects". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2012年02月22日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  8. ↑ "Vuze Speeds Up Torrent Downloads Through "Swarm Merging" - TorrentFreak". torrentfreak.com. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "I2PHelper HowTo - VuzeWiki". wiki.vuze.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "I2P". GitHub. Retrieved 2024年09月01日.
  11. ↑ "StormyCloud - I2P Outproxy | I2P Anonymous Network". stormycloud.org. Retrieved 2024年09月01日.
  12. ↑ "Confusion about name change". Apcmag.com. June 17, 2008. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Section 8.12". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2009年02月13日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  14. ↑ "Section 8.2". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2009年02月13日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  15. ↑ "Section 1 and Section 8.10". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2009年02月13日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  16. ↑ "Azureus 2 / 3 and Vuze". AzureusWiki. 2008年06月27日. Archived from the original on 2009年07月17日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  17. ↑ "Section 0". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2009年02月13日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  18. ↑ Maxwell, Andy (2017年08月03日), "Tumbleweed at Vuze as Torrent Client Development Grinds to a Halt", TorrentFreak , archived from the original on 2020年02月12日
  19. ↑ Van der Sar, Ernesto (2017年08月03日), "Former Vuze Developers Launch BiglyBT, a 'New' Open Source Torrent Client", TorrentFreak, retrieved 2020年05月05日
  20. ↑ Teah, Ted (2017年11月29日), "The Licensing and Compliance Lab interviews BiglyBT", Free Software Foundation , archived from the original on 2018年10月28日, retrieved 2019年12月30日
  21. ↑ Georgopoulos, Stergios (2017年08月04日), "Former Vuze developers launch new open-source torrent client without any ads or bloat", Neowin , retrieved 2024年05月12日
  22. ↑ Urban, Petr (2017年08月07日), Vývoj Vuze stojí, původní vývojáři stvořili otevřeného nástupce. BiglyBT je bez reklam [Development of Vuze halts, original developers created an open successor. BiglyBT has no ads] (in Czech)
  23. ↑ "Download Vuze (formerly Azureus) 4.2.0.5 Beta 03 / 4.2.0.4 Stable Free Trial – A freeware Java based BitTorrent client". Softpedia. Archived from the original on 2009年02月12日. Retrieved 2009年07月14日.
  24. 1 2 "Download Vuze". Softpedia . SoftNews. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "Vuze and Deluge to be banned". FILEnetworks Blog. 2010年02月20日. Archived from the original on 2010年02月23日. Retrieved 2010年02月20日.
  26. ↑ "The Torrent Master Is Back". Softpedia . SoftNews. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  27. ↑ "doc/TorifyHOWTO/BitTorrent – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki". Wiki.torproject.org. Archived from the original on 2022年02月05日. Retrieved 2012年10月27日.
  28. ↑ "Why Tor is slow and what we're going to do about it | The Tor Blog". Blog.torproject.org. 2009年03月13日. Archived from the original on 2013年01月28日. Retrieved 2012年10月27日.
  29. ↑ "doc/TorFAQ – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki". Wiki.torproject.org. Archived from the original on 2008年04月21日. Retrieved 2012年10月27日.
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