<s>
Vuze	O
(	O
previously	O
Azureus	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
files	O
via	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vuze	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Azureus	B-Application
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
downloading	O
data	O
linked	O
to	O
.torrent	O
files	O
,	O
Azureus	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
view	O
,	O
publish	O
and	O
share	O
original	O
DVD	O
and	O
HD	O
quality	O
video	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azureus	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2003	O
at	O
SourceForge.net,	O
mostly	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
the	O
Standard	B-Application
Widget	I-Application
Toolkit	I-Application
from	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
later	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Azureus	B-Application
software	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
remains	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Vuze	O
software	O
added	O
in	O
more	O
recent	O
versions	O
is	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
users	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
accept	O
these	O
more	O
restrictive	O
license	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vuze	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
client	O
that	O
makes	O
clearnet	O
torrents	B-Protocol
available	O
on	O
I2P	B-Protocol
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
plugin	O
that	O
connects	O
to	O
the	O
I2P	B-Protocol
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
user	O
adds	O
a	O
torrent	B-Protocol
from	O
I2P	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
seeded	O
on	O
both	O
I2P	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
clearnet	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
a	O
user	O
adds	O
a	O
torrent	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
clearnet	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
seeded	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
clearnet	O
and	O
I2P	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
torrents	B-Protocol
previously	O
published	O
only	O
on	O
I2P	B-Protocol
are	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
entire	O
Internet	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
of	O
I2P	B-Protocol
can	O
download	O
any	O
torrent	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
while	O
maintaining	O
the	O
anonymity	O
of	O
I2P	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azureus	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2003	O
at	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blue	O
poison	O
dart	O
frog	O
(	O
Dendrobates	O
azureus	B-Application
)	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
logo	O
and	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
brand	O
by	O
co-creator	O
Tyler	O
Pitchford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
Vuze	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
transform	O
the	O
client	O
into	O
a	O
"	O
social	O
"	O
client	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
forming	O
Azureus	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	O
shortly	O
to	O
be	O
renamed	O
Vuze	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
A	O
Vuze-free	O
version	O
of	O
Azureus	B-Application
was	O
released	O
along	O
with	O
Vuze	O
during	O
the	O
beta	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
an	O
unknown	O
version	O
,	O
Vuze	O
was	O
coupled	O
with	O
Azureus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
"	O
NoVuze	O
"	O
modified	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
versions	O
up	O
to	O
3.1.1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Azureus/Vuze	O
decided	O
to	O
stop	O
releasing	O
versions	O
named	O
Azureus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
complete	O
the	O
name	O
change	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
engine	O
however	O
,	O
remains	O
unchanged	O
as	O
Azureus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
version	O
2.5.0.4	O
,	O
Azureus	B-Application
was	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
;	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
version	O
3	O
distribution	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
presented	O
upon	O
installation	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
still	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
Azureus	B-Application
Application	O
"	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
completing	O
installation	O
requires	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
agree	O
to	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Vuze	O
Platform	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
include	O
restrictions	O
on	O
use	O
,	O
reverse-engineering	O
,	O
and	O
sublicensing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
many	O
similar	O
licenses	O
,	O
the	O
Azureus	B-Application
licence	O
includes	O
a	O
prohibition	O
on	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
by	O
people	O
"	O
under	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
18.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Vuze	O
includes	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
an	O
anonymity	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
onion	I-Application
routers	I-Application
are	O
run	O
by	O
volunteers	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
bandwidth	O
at	O
their	O
own	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
bandwidth	O
usage	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
is	O
considered	O
impolite	O
and	O
inappropriate	O
by	O
Tor	B-Application
community	O
members	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
for	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
transfers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
exit	O
policy	O
blocks	O
the	O
standard	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
I2P	B-Protocol
support	O
via	O
an	O
official	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
I2P	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
for	O
P2P	O
traffic	O
and	O
encourages	O
its	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
