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<big>This wiki is about a networking system based around an [[XML-VM]], known as [[what is F2F? | Friend2Friend]] ([http://xn--p5b4c.com/soft-systems/default/debug.php See demo]). It complements the machine-created F2F documentation at [http://friend2friend.net/docs http://friend2friend.net/docs].
Its main purpose is to help developers who are building the F2F platform, and its secondary purpose is to help coders who are developing software for F2F. F2F was developed from 2007-2009, mainly by [http://RobinUpton.com Robin Upton], who is still looking for partners who can grasp its potential :)</big>

=== Overview ===
Friend2Friend (F2F) uses increases in the speed and availablility of computers to further [http://altruists.org/ff103 decentralize WWW]:
* Instead of remote sites collecting their data, people keep it on their own machines.
* Instead of querying 3rd parties' static databases, people contact their friends directly and ask them to ask theirs, and so on.
* [[URL]]s are replaced by [[URI]]s
* Passwords are replaced by digital signatures, a few large databases by many small XML files. 
* Closed-source websites by open-source [[modules]].

=== Selected Presentations ===
* [http://altruists.org/ff2 FF2 - Introduction to F2F], begins by introducing [[cryptography | public-private cryptography]].
* [http://altruists.org/ff4 FF4 - Decentralized Programming with F2F]
* [http://altruists.org/ff103 FF103 - Decentralising WWW with F2F]
* [http://http://www.altruists.org/projects/ge/ff/ Main F2F Presentation Page]

== Internal Links ==
{| 
| [[FAQ]]
| Frequently asked questions
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| [[Documentation]]
| Organising this wiki, the [http://friend2friend.net/docs HTML docs] and [http://altruists.org/ff the presentations]
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| [[Hard Code]]
| The design and initial implementation (currently in PHP5) of the F2F kernel
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| [[Hard Code]]
| The design and initial implementation (currently in PHP5) of the F2F kernel
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| [[Soft Code]]
| The [[XML]] [[module]]s that provide custom [[resources]] to supplement those of the F2F kernel.
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| [[Module]]s
| To complement the functionality of F2F kernel.
|}
== External Links ==
{| 
| [http://friend2friend.net http://friend2friend.net]
| This project's main URL.
|-
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/friend2friend/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/friend2friend]
| Sourceforge Code.
|-
| [http://altruists.org/ae http://altruists.org/ae]
| [http://wiki.gifteconomy.org/wiki/Altruistic_Economics Altruistic Economics], the original motivation for this project.
|-
| [http://www.anonymous-p2p.org/programs.html http://www.anonymous-p2p.org/programs.html]
| Summary of F2F and anonymous P2P software.
|-
| [http://xcruciate.co.uk http://xcruciate.co.uk]
| Another [[XSL]]-based server framework (with its origins in VR!)
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend-to-friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend-to-friend]
| Wikipedia F2F page.
|-
|}