Shareaza has long been respected as a high-end multi-network file-sharing client with no banner ads or spyware. Shareaza Version 2.0 is being released with some cool new features, better performance, and a sleek new theme – but the biggest and most important change is that it’s now offered under the GPL, an open source license.

The Shareaza 2.0 codebase is currently available for immediate download at the Shareaza site.

For those who are less interested in code hacking and more interested in file-sharing, there are new features and important performance improvements:

• A new comprehensive “remote web access” feature allows full remote control of Shareaza’s searches, downloads, uploads and networks from any web browser.
• Helpful new “firewalled” warning message and link to router configuration tips
• Performance improvements on all supported networks
• Some sleek new “2.0” graphics.

Shareaza is available as a free download.