Editing XMule

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'''xMule''' (short for "[[X Window System|X11]] Mule") is a discontinued [[Free software|free]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guelff |first1=Christophe |last2=Allart |first2=Philippe |title=Hackez votre Eee PC: L'ultraportable efficace |date=2011-07-07 |publisher=Eyrolles |isbn=9782212084269 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MId3jwoKukC&dq=xMule&pg=PA18 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> client for the [[EDonkey network|eDonkey]] [[peer-to-peer]] [[file sharing]] network intended to bring it to virtually all the major [[Unix]] platforms, with a particular emphasis on [[Linux]].

xMule was coded in [[C++]] using [[wxWidgets]] and released under [[GNU General Public License]] v2. xMule is a fork of lMule,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blondeel |first1=Sébastien |last2=Cartron |first2=Daniel |last3=Risi |first3=Juliette |last4=Thomas |first4=Jean-Marie |title=Débuter sous Linux avec Mandriva |date=2011-07-07 |publisher=Eyrolles |isbn=9782212130492 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xx1gDjizTsC&dq=xMule&pg=PA200 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> itself a [[Porting|port]] of [[eMule]]. [[aMule]] is a fork of xMule.

==History==

=== 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>

=== aMule ===
On 18 August 2003, shortly after the incident involving Ted R. Smith, [[aMule]] (meaning "another Mule" and later "All-platform Mule") was forked from the xMule source code due to major disagreements. aMule's official website stated that "relations between the two projects are sadly in a rather sorry state",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.amule.org/wiki/XMule |title=xMule |work=AMule Project wiki |access-date=2021-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203212521/http://wiki.amule.org/wiki/XMule |archive-date=2020-02-03 }}</ref> whereas xMule's stated that "aMule is geared more towards the present end-user, while xMule is more about long-term extensibility and viability", and drew comparisons to the different coding philosophies behind [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Mozilla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xmule.ws/phpnuke/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2 |title=The Coding Philosophies of xMule vs aMule |access-date=2006-07-23 |work=xMule |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008054011/http://www.xmule.ws/phpnuke/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 }}</ref> aMule has added the support for Windows and MacOS.

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