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Dropship (software)

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Original author(s)
  
Wladimir van der Laan

Development status
  
Discontinued

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

Initial release
  
April 2011 (2011-04)

Written in
  
Python

Stable release
  
0.0.1 / April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)

Dropship was a set of API utilities for use with Dropbox accounts. The utilities used Dropbox's de-duplication facilities to allow files, identified by their Dropbox hashes, to be copied from Dropbox's servers.

According to the github project, dropship is no longer functional due to the backend changes Dropbox made to their service.

Controversy

Dropship was the target of legal maneuvering by Dropbox that attempted to shut down the project and remove it from the Internet. The mechanism of Dropbox's attempt to shut down the Dropship project generated both online discussion and negative press for the company.

References

Dropship (software) Wikipedia