Open-source + p2p + rich media coding for fun and profit: Bitcollider request-for-bids
The
Bitzi Bitcollider, an
open-source utility for calculating file hashes, extracting file metadata, and submitting information to the cooperatively-built and
Creative Commons-licensed
Bitpedia digital media encyclopedia, needs support for files larger than 2GB/4GB (2GiB/4GiB).
Bitzi is trying an experiment to get this capability implemented: placing a request-for-bids at RentACoder, an international marketplace for contracted piecework software development. For more details, see this message on the bitpedia-l project discussion list:
Contribute Bitcollider largefile support, for fun and profit!
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