https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Torrent 2026-06-10T06:18:01Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Torrent&diff=12065&oldid=prev 2008-03-17T22:02:49Z

<p>New page: {{Filetype| license_url=False| web_statement=False| more_permissions=False }} Torrent files are used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol) BitTorrent protocol] ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Filetype|<br /> license_url=False|<br /> web_statement=False|<br /> more_permissions=False<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Torrent files are used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol) BitTorrent protocol] to coordinate communication with the downloading clients and the ''tracker''. Torrent files also contain metadata about the files being downloaded. Creative Commons is currently working with Torrent consumers, indexers and publishers to develop a simple specification for embedding license metadata in a torrent file. We hope to publish a [http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0000.html BEP] during Q2 2008.<br /> <br /> == Proposed Metadata ==<br /> <br /> The following fields are under consideration for inclusion:<br /> <br /> * &lt;code&gt;license url&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;[[Web Statement|web statement]]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;[[CCPlus|more permissions url]]&lt;/code&gt;</div>

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