Acquisition (software)
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{{Infobox_Software | name = Acquisition | logo = Image:Acquisition.png | screenshot = Image:NewAcquisitionX.jpg | caption = Acquisition Screenshot | developer = David Watanabe | latest_release_version = 130.4 | latest_release_date = April 14, 2006 | operating_system = Mac OS X | genre = file sharing | license = Shareware | website = http://www.acquisitionx.com/ }}
Acquisition is a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer and BitTorrent client for Mac OS X. It is based on LimeWire and is a shareware product. Acquisition is noted for being one of the most polished peer-to-peer applications available for Mac OS X, making full use of Apple's Cocoa APIs.
Acquisition's use of the GPLed LimeWire core libraries has caused some controversy. The author maintains that Acquisition does not break the terms of the GPL since the graphical user interface and the open-source, modified LimeWire core are actually run as separate processes, communicating via UNIX pipes. Critics argue that the two parts of Acquisition (the GUI and the modified LimeWire core) are not really independent (either is useless without the other) and thereby constitute a single work which cannot be relicensed. [1]