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Originally Posted by Due
p2p is a very common method of distributing open source software since there is almost zero hosting costs involved then, also it's an extremely popular way of seeding promotional content (the user may believe he is downloading the full videos / clips / songs / albums or what not)
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Open source software would be part of that 1% legit use. Most people aren't on p2p looking for open source software, most are looking for movies, music, games, etc and the intent is to get it through pirated methods, if it's seeded they simply keep looking until a source can be found that is distributing it illegally.