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Regarding this license clarification there are 3 commits of interest (commits A, B, C). Before commit A the COPYING file contained only the text of the GPLv2 license, while all source files had a license block at the top saying that they are under the terms of "GPLv2 or later". With commit A there was a temporary change to GPLv3. The COPYING file contained only the text of the GPLv3 license, while all source files had a license block at the top saying that they are under the terms of "GPLv3 or later". Then with commit B the COPYING file and the license block of the source files was reverted to their state before commit A. Afterwards, with commit C a license summary(or clarification) block was put at the top of the COPYING file. This block indicated that the license was GPLv2 without having the "or later" clause and it also included the OpenSSL exception. However, the license block of each source file continued to contain the "or later" clause which was not removed. The same license block continues to exist in all current source files. Thus it is concluded that the ommision of the "or later" clause with commit C in the COPYING file was accidental. OR ALTERNATIVELY (OR IN ADDITION) At the time commit C was made Christophe Dumez was not the sole contributor. There is no record that the other contributors agreed with the supposed GPLv2 only change or that there was a Contributor License Agreement, transfering their rights to him. Thus making his license change decision invalid/void/illegal. Commit A: 54f9375b325cc03f8d5da9abbf6c4e25e8ee698f Commit B: 8df61db644a7fcb19170d60da3b7b5297215439c Commit C: 9835af49627e65d314668387b6ec9d029707c186
qBittorrent - A BitTorrent client in Qt
Description:
qBittorrent is a bittorrent client programmed in C++ / Qt that uses libtorrent (sometimes called libtorrent-rasterbar) by Arvid Norberg.
It aims to be a good alternative to all other bittorrent clients out there. qBittorrent is fast, stable and provides unicode support as well as many features.
The free IP to Country Lite database by DB-IP is used for resolving the countries of peers. The database is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Installation:
For installation, follow the instructions from INSTALL file, but simple:
./configure
make && make install
qbittorrent
will install and execute qBittorrent hopefully without any problem.
Public key:
Starting from v3.3.4 all source tarballs and binaries are signed.
The key currently used is 4096R/5B7CC9A2 with fingerprint D8F3DA77AAC6741053599C136E4A2D025B7CC9A2.
You can also download it from here.
PREVIOUSLY the following key was used to sign the v3.3.4 source tarballs and v3.3.4 Windows installer only: 4096R/520EC6F6 with fingerprint F4A5FD201B117B1C2AB590E2A1ACCAE4520EC6F6.
Misc:
For more information please visit: https://www.qbittorrent.org
or our wiki here: http://wiki.qbittorrent.org
Use the forum for troubleshooting before reporting bugs: http://forum.qbittorrent.org
Please report any bug (or feature request) to: http://bugs.qbittorrent.org
You can also meet me (sledgehammer_999) on IRC:
#qbittorrent on irc.freenode.net
sledgehammer999 sledgehammer999@qbittorrent.org