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I agree that those questions are really shitty--so much so that I wonder if it's reverse shilling, but Hydrus, for as much of a good idea as it is, especially if it eventually supports ipfs, is marred by very incompetent programmers.
For one thing, it's Python, which is very robust for what it is, not to mention portable and very accessible (both of which meaning a large userbase with a large gradient of competency), but just because any imbecile can pick up and become proficient in Python doesn't mean Hydrus doesn't need to be well-written. In fact, Hydrus is an excellent example of what it means to repeat bugs and design issues that should have been learned from decades ago. It totes much of the problems that plagued second-gen p2p programs like eMule, whose peak in popularity was over a decade ago, yet Hydrus still doesn't learn from that. The main developer uses Windows for God's sake. I think the only reason why he uses Python is because it's the only language he knows--all the benefits of Python were simply a mere coincidence rather than choice.
It's licensed under wtfpl. Adolescent contrarianism aside, there are reasons why we don't use joke licenses for projects whose outcomes we care about. We live in a time where copyright is an insurmountable obstacle; we can't all be a retarded edgelord like Julian Assange--especially when you're anonymous. In fact, if public domain is what you want, there are licenses that relinquish your copyright powers far better than the wtfpl.
And the bastard won't even ship it on pip for "reasons". Those reasons probably being that he's too scared he would be ousted as an idiot.