eDonkey2000

eDonkey2000 (nicknamed "ed2k") was (is) a peer-to-peer file sharing application developed by US company MetaMachine (Jed McCaleb and Sam Yagan), using the Multisource File Transfer Protocol. It supported both the eDonkey2000 network and the Overnet network.

eDonkey2000
Developer(s)MetaMachine
Initial releaseSeptember 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)
Final release
1.4.6 / 2006
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePeer-to-peer
LicenseFreeware

On September 28, 2005, eDonkey was discontinued following a cease and desist letter from the RIAA.

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