Re: gittorrent on /.

> lots of misinformation in here (including the implication that gittorrent 
> is ready, or nearly ready to use).
> 
> David Lang
> 
> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/12/04/1625226.shtml
> 
> Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent
> Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 04, @01:03PM
> from the distribute-this-sucka dept.
> Programming Media
> lkcl writes "The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative 
> git repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a 
> distributed software management tool, where a repository can be 
> distributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually 'distribute,' 
> such as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly 
> distributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however 
> the full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors 
> whatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other 
> web-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g. 
> ssh) as the access control 'clearing house.' The implications of a truly 
> distributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted 
> software freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as 'The 
> Web Site' no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming 
> just in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at 
> by The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some 
> of the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant 
> project, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical 
> and political perspectives."
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