Editing EDonkey2000 (section)

{{Short description|Peer-to-peer file sharing application}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = eDonkey2000
| title                  = eDonkey2000
| logo                   = EDonkey2000 logotype.gif
| logo size              = 186px
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| screenshot             = EDonkey2000 screenshot.png
| screenshot size        = 270px
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| developer              = MetaMachine
| released               = {{Start date and age|2000|9|6}}<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = 1.4.6
| latest release date    = 2006<!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
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| genre                  = [[Peer-to-peer]]
| license                = [[Freeware]]
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'''eDonkey2000''' (nicknamed "ed2k") was a [[peer-to-peer file sharing]] application developed by US company MetaMachine ([[Jed McCaleb]] and [[Sam Yagan]]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2005-10-23/a-hard-ride-for-edonkey|title = A Hard Ride for eDonkey|newspaper = Bloomberg.com|date = October 24, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tomshardware.fr/articles/Nouveau-client-officiel-eDonkey-et-interview,1-35446.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160416044357/http://www.tomshardware.fr/articles/Nouveau-client-officiel-eDonkey-et-interview,1-35446.html| archive-date = 2016-04-16| title = Nouveau client officiel eDonkey et interview}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.numerama.com/magazine/58-exclusivite-interview-du-createur-d-edonkey.html|title=EXCLUSIVITE : Interview du créateur d'eDonkey !|date=May 3, 2002}}</ref> using the Multisource File Transfer Protocol. It supported both the [[EDonkey network|eDonkey2000 network]] and the [[Overnet]] network.

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