BitLord
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| Developer(s) | House of Life |
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| Stable release | Windows: 2.4.2-298 (August 3, 2015) [±] Mac OSX: |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X |
| Type | BitTorrent client |
| License | Proprietary software (Adware) |
| Website | www.bitlord.com |
First released in 2004, BitLord is an ad-supported fork of either the BitComet (oldest versions) or Deluge (version 1.2 onward) BitTorrent clients for Windows and Mac. Frequently blocked and/or banned by other clients and trackers, BitLord is primarily used by torrenting "noobs" before they progress to better software.
Criticism
Old releases of BitLord (up to version 1.1) are based on the source code of version 0.56 of the BitComet core. Because of this, certain bugs that have been resolved in later versions of BitComet were still prevalent in BitLord. BitLord has also been criticized for what some[who?] perceive as "selfish behavior" and is blocked by some BitTorrent Trackers. In 2007, BitLord 2.0 Beta supposedly resolved these issues and added eDonkey support.[1] The beta version is no longer available from the BitLord website, though installers hosted on other servers still work.
The only major changes in releases of BitLord prior to version 1.2 were the addition of advertisements into the BitLord interface and the replacement of BitComet's list of BitTorrent sites with a search box.
The developers have claimed for a long time that BitLord is open source, but has recently officially made it a closed source / proprietary software.[2]
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