<s>
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
multi-protocol	O
,	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
application	O
that	O
runs	O
as	O
a	O
back-end	B-Architecture
server	O
application	O
on	O
many	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
through	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
provided	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
separate	O
front-ends	B-Architecture
,	O
including	O
a	O
Web	O
interface	O
,	O
telnet	B-Protocol
interface	O
and	O
over	O
a	O
dozen	O
native	B-Language
client	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
client	O
for	O
the	O
eDonkey	O
protocol	O
,	O
it	O
now	O
runs	O
on	O
many	O
flavors	O
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
supports	O
numerous	O
peer-to-peer	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
OCaml	B-Language
,	O
with	O
some	O
C	B-Language
and	O
some	O
assembly	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
developer	O
of	O
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
is	O
Fabrice	O
Le	O
Fessant	O
from	O
INRIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
as	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
spread	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
OCaml	B-Language
in	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2003	O
,	O
Slyck.com	O
reported	O
brief	O
friction	O
between	O
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
developers	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
Overnet	B-Protocol
MetaMachine	O
developers	O
,	O
which	O
denounced	O
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
"	O
rogue	O
client	O
"	O
,	O
allegedly	O
for	O
incorrect	O
behavior	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
MLdonkey	B-Protocol
core	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
control	O
interfaces	O
:	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
GUIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
the	O
OCaml	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
separates	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
a	O
third-party	O
GUI	B-Application
application	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
code	O
that	O
interacts	O
with	O
the	O
peer-to-peer	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
is	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
simultaneously	O
to	O
different	O
peers	O
using	O
different	O
network	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLDonkey	B-Protocol
runs	O
in	O
a	O
terminal	O
session	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
environment	O
,	O
saving	O
memory	O
and	O
processing	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Behavior	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
editable	O
configuration	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
—	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
user	O
friendly	O
fashion	O
—	O
from	O
a	O
separate	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
release	O
2.9.0	O
(	O
2007	O
)	O
on	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
gnutella	B-Protocol
and	O
G2	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
compiled	O
in	O
by	O
default	O
as	O
both	O
plugins	O
are	O
buggy	O
and	O
currently	O
unmaintained	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
to	O
compile	O
them	O
in	O
by	O
making	O
the	O
appropriate	O
setting	O
in	O
the	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
