Editing XMule (section)

=== xMule ===
In June 2003, due to differences between the developers and the hijacking of lMule's official website by one contributor, lMule's fork, xMule, was created.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.xmule.ws/lmuleorg_takeover.txt | title = Timeline | access-date = 2021-07-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628175959/http://www.xmule.ws/lmuleorg_takeover.txt |archive-date = 2011-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://lmule.sourceforge.net/news.php | title = LMule - eMule for Linux | access-date = 2021-07-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050416174801/http://lmule.sourceforge.net/news.php |archive-date = 2005-04-16}}</ref>

Unlike eMule, which uses [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library|MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes)]], xMule used [[wxWidgets]] for the [[graphical user interface]], therefore could run on many platforms. It fully supported [[Linux]] and [[*BSD]], and was intended to support [[Windows]] and [[MacOS]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.xmule.ws/about | title = About xMule | access-date = 2021-07-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170817093816/http://www.xmule.ws/about |archive-date = 2017-08-17}}</ref>

On 17 August 2003, Ted R. Smith, xMule's only maintainer who lived in the [[United States]] at the time, became involved in a legal battle due to his role in the development of xMule. His personal Internet connection was shut down. He appeared to be subpoenaed by the government on behalf of the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] (DMCA) related issue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=michael |title=RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5 |url=https://yro.slashdot.org/story/03/08/21/1333258/riaampaa-vs-xmule-author-earthstation-5 |access-date=15 July 2021 |publisher=[[Slashdot]] |date=2003-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Champeau |first1=Guillaume |title=Un proche d'eMule attaqué en Justice ! |url=https://www.numerama.com/magazine/964-un-proche-d-emule-attaque-en-justice.html |website=[[Numerama]] |date=2003-08-21 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.regit.org/datas/html/article-xmule.php.html |title=I've been personally shut down... |work=Ted R. Smith |access-date=2021-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004175420/http://home.regit.org/datas/html/article-xmule.php.html |archive-date=2003-10-04 }}</ref>

xMule's final release was 1.13.7 RC1 in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=xMule v1.13.7 RC1 is out! |url=http://www.xmule.ws/node/52 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815190138/http://www.xmule.ws/node/52 |archive-date=2017-08-15 |access-date=2021-07-16}}</ref>

Since 18 January 2009, a note on the official website of xMule, written by its developer, Avi Vahl, officially announced the discontinuation of xMule's development. To justify the decision, Avi Vahl claimed that eMule was dead and the future of [[peer-to-peer]] was the [[BitTorrent]] protocol. The official xMule website encouraged users to move to the BitTorrent network or use aMule.<ref>{{cite web |title=Development Status |url=http://xmule.ws/node/59 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220045813/http://xmule.ws/node/59 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |access-date=2009-01-26 |work=xMule}}</ref>