Justin Frankel leaves Nullsoft over spat with AOL

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Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp, has announced to leave Nullsoft in his .plan yesterday.

This seems to be the result of a possible dispute with his employer AOL over the P2P-software "WASTE", which was released by Justin a few days ago on the Nullsoft website and then taken down one day later. All that is left on the former download page is a notice that the software was posted without authorization. WASTE allowed encrypted instant messaging, group chats and file-sharing and was published with complete source code. Justin explains in his .plan that his freedom of expression -- which he claims to do best through coding -- is being constrained by his employer and that it is time to do something different.

Good. Maybe he an turn out some good software without being constrained. Meanwhile - I've got a copy of the Waste sourcecode MUahahaha.

Blog Maintenace, the early days

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Got the archives working correctly. Got my Digital Blasphemy account working - if any of you want to use it the login is tuzy2k with my standard(TM) password. You all should know it - if you don't email me. Also - Jacob - it turns out that Waste program by Nullsoft - well theres a big stink about it over on Slashdot at this article. No bother - someone mirrored the Waste website and the source code so i downloaded it from there. I'll let you know if it works well.

Lan Party update, the early days

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Jacob will be here Wed. night at the Roanoke airport at 11:00 pm. Im battle rank 6 and counting in Planetside. This page is pretty much finished. I still need to work on the scheme for the nukezone link in the top left and the title links to all my gaming sites. I also want to add a few more specialized link sections but im not sure where.