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Frost is a free application which is developed and distributed under the GNU General Public license (GPL). It is often used anonymously for downloading software, documents, video and audio from other users.

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Frost is a well-known Freenet newsgroup and file-sharing system. Designed by Ian Clarke, Freenet is a distributed decentralized data store that is resistant to censorship.

Frost is no longer associated with Freenet and now has a website that relies on donations to compensate developer contributions.

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Frost is a well-known Freenet newsgroup and file-sharing system. Designed by Ian Clarke, Freenet is a distributed decentralized data store that is resistant to censorship.

Frost is no longer associated with Freenet and now has a website that relies on donations to compensate developer contributions.

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