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Limewire Bounties

Limewire Bounties

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The Limewire Open Source Project is offering bounties for a number of projects, ranging in difficulty and payout.

Each of the following large projects are worth $500:

  • Add a file rating system, allowing users to collectively rate fake/garbage/good/excellent files
  • A mini LimeWire to handle magnets
  • Search for quoted phrases, for instance “LimeWire Rocks” would find only results with “LimeWire Rocks” and not find “LimeWire on the Rocks”
  • User identity through dynamic DNS or similar technique
  • Better chat using standardized protocols, such as Jabber
  • New front-end that allows control of LimeWire via a web browser
  • Network monitoring and patrol tools to route out offenders
  • Client-side ability to read RSS feeds containing magnets and download selected files

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Limewire Bounty Wish List

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Limewire Bounties

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The Limewire Open Source Project is offering bounties for a number of projects, ranging in difficulty and payout.

Each of the following medium-sized projects are worth $200:

  • Add an option for the maximum transfer rate of a single file
  • Prevent one file from taking all upload slots
  • Client side queueing of multiple requests to a single host
  • A private folder accessible only by trusted users
  • Allow certain files/folders to get preferred status in upload slots
  • A mailto button for formatting & sending magnet links
  • Multiple download folders for different types of downloads
  • Sharing portions of iTunes selections by choosing a playlist
  • Ability to send download filename to search box
  • Additional browse host view that displays results with directory structure like in the Library
  • Complete drag ‘n drop support by adding drop support
  • A Gnutella connection tester
  • Chat improvements
  • Library improvements, such as a file search, file tagging/categorization, sort by date, etc.
  • Add the option of an email or IM notification when a download completes or fails
  • Ability to play .m4a and .wma files

More info >>
Limewire Bounty Wish List

If you take on this project, please let us know so we can remove the listing.

If you take on this project, please let us know so we can update the listing.

Limewire Bounties

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The Limewire Open Source Project is offering bounties for a number of projects, ranging in difficulty and payout.

Each of the following small projects are worth $50:

  • Explore/Show File button on download page (engaged by Syren Baran)
  • Cumulative repeat searches, instead of clearing and re-adding(engaged by Syren Baran)
  • A Console tab, and provide a unified way to send messages to it, e.g. redirecting log4j output

More info >>
Limewire Bounty Wish List

If you take on this project, please let us know so we can remove the listing.

If you take on this project, please let us know so we can update the listing.