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Acquisition

Developer(s)	David Watanabe
Stable release	2.1 (v210)  (2009-03-04; 8 months ago) [+/−]
Preview release	unknown  (unknown) [+/−]
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	file sharing
License	Shareware (Single User from $25)
Website	http://www.acquisitionx.com/

Acquisition is a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer client that is also capable of supporting BitTorrent (protocol) designed specifically for Mac OS X. It is based on LimeWire and is a shareware product, priced from $25^[1]. As with David Watanabe's other projects, Acquisition is more noted for its focus on user interface^[1] and integration with Mac OS X than for its originality in features, making full use of Apple's Cocoa APIs,^{[citation needed]} and has integration with iTunes.^[2]

Acquisition's uses parts of the LimeWire core libraries, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The graphical user interface and the open source, modified LimeWire core run as separate processes, communicating via Unix pipes, which allows parts of the software to be relicensed. ^[3] This follows in the footsteps of the precedent set by Apple's proprietary Xcode suite, which relies on open source components such as gcc and gdb.

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[edit] External links

• Acquisition home page
• Acquisition's modified Limewire code, released under the GPL

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