Group: SyncReplacement
SyncReplacement is an FSF Priority Project. Bittorrent Sync is a peer-to-peer, two-way file synchronization utility with fine-grained access controls. We need a free software version of this client or free software that can be used for the same purpose.
If you are interested, please join this group (start by leaving your name here). We should start by surveying any existing free software that is in or close to this area (TahoeLAFS might be one), and making a list of features that are needed.
--I was actually able to write a unidirectional file synchronization script in Python 2.7.3. You can find it here. --Hunter D
--Hi. This is Rajul. I wish to work on this project. Please contact me at rajul.iitkgp@gmail.com
--Hello. I'm Hunter D and I think that I would like to contribute to this project. My language of choice is Python 2.7.3, and it just so happens that I started writing a p2p two-way file synchronization utility somewhat recently. If you want to contact me, you can email me at jhunter.dunefsky@gmail.com.
--Hello, I'm Pratik. I would like to contribute to this project. You can contact me at impratikb@gmail.com
--Hi, I' Isengaara - I installed GNUnet on my Trisquel System, GNUnet offers P2P File Sharing, but no sync yet. Maybe it could combined with git? Gittorrent seems dead. contact me at tobias [ät] platen-software [döt] de
--Hi, I'm Fred Morcos - I'm interested in such a project and would like to contribute. I am experienced in C and Python. One part of my proposal would be to not try and recreate the protocol but instead write a free compatible implementation of BTSync. You can contact me at fred dot morcos at gmail dot com. *Edit:* Since people have also suggested programming languages like Go (which I'm open to looking into for this project), I would also like to have the D programming language under the radar. About licensing, I am for GPLv3.
--Hi, I'm Patrick Steinhardt - I'd be interested in contributing to this project. My relevant skillsets include C, C++ and Python. You can contact me at steinhardt.ptk [at] gmail [dot] com.
--Hi, I'm Adrien. I'd be interested in this project as well. I actually implemented a prototype for a very similar system as a class project. I'll deliver the source soon. I think it's probably better to rewrite everything from scratch (in particular I'd like to use python instead of C++), but the code I have and the lessons I learned should be very useful. adrien [dot] projectemail [at] gmail [dot] com.
--Hi, I'm Gerry. This is a great initiative. I would strongly suggest considering Go (http://golang.org/) as a language for this. It's cross platform, has excellent concurrency support and is compiled, so users won't be required to install Python. It is far better than C/C++ in terms of providing a rich standard library and garbage collection. There are already existing BitTorrent clients written in Go, under free licenses.
--Hi, I'm Jumpwah. Here is a similar group most likely looking to collaborate on the same project: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/7WUj3nASuLo. In addition to deciding on the language, we should also decide on the license early to resolve any conflicts/doubts. Contact: jumpwah at google's electronic mail service.
--Hi, I'm Manuel. I've been spending some time lately trying to analyze btsync's network protocol (and working on a library that should speak that protocol). Currently it's just some Qt code hacked together with the aim to being able to communicate with btsync at all. The stuff I've found out so far can be found on github: https://github.com/picosync/workingDraft/ (have a look at the wiki and feel free to contribute). Contact: picosync (a) r7r .at
