More of an academic project than anything, this program is a true peer-to-peer (P2P) chat program meaning it does not require a central server to operate. The program works by using connectionless datagram packets sent out to a list of IP address that is constantly propagated throughout the entire "cloud". What that means in english is that whenever one person joins one "node", all the rest of the nodes are synced with the new IP address, all without a server.
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# Name: Akiscode Chat
# Author: Stephen Akiki
# Website: http://akiscode.com
# Language: Python
# Usage:
# python akischat.py
# OR
# python akischat.py --GUI
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# akiscode_compact.py is the entire program in a single file (i.e. it is portable)
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# Dependencies:
# python-tk package - for GUI
# Thanks to:
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# Disclaimer:
# By using this program you do so at your own risk. I assume no liability
# for anything that happens to you because you used this program.
#
# Enjoy
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# License - GNU GPL (See LICENSE.txt for full text):
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# If you want to use this code (in compliance with the GPL) then you should
# include this somewhere in your code comments header:
#
# Thanks to Stephen Akiki ( http://akiscode.com/code/chat ) for peer-to-peer chat code
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# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
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# Copyright (C) 2009 Stephen Akiki. All rights reserved.
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