
The source code for BearShare should be freely available and modifications are certainly permitted as well as the option to inspect the software. The license provides the options to freely download, install, run and share this program without any restrictions.

The current incarnation of BearShare gives users the ability to search only through music and movie-type files which does a great job of filtering out unwanted malware such as viruses and spyware applications notorious on these types of filesharing networks.Īs a reliable and legal alternative to what was known as Limewire, BearShare is a perfect candidate as an application to grab media files from the Internet, especially with the demise of many online file hosters like MegaUpload in the recent past. It specializes in downloading legal movie and music content and currently integrates some social network aspects along with file searching and sharing. Advertisement Typical setup and configuring basic settings.Ī legacy filesharing application that is capable of searching multimedia, audio and video files online through the DC network.īearShare is a freeware (though, ad-supported) filesharing application which has been jumping through legal hoops for some time now.
