Updating the repo and removing obsolete v1 files.

Author: nehbit

BACKERS.md

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+# Backers
+
+Aether exists thanks to the generous fellows below. Funding Aether comes with some perks, such as registering your unique name before anyone else. [See here](https://getaether.net/supporterbenefits) for full benefits. 
+
+<a href="https://www.patreon.com/nehbit">
+	<img src="https://c5.patreon.com/external/logo/[email protected]" width="160">
+</a>
+
+## Companies
+
+[[your name here]](https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=11407204)
+
+## People 
+
+@sparklabs
+@HostFat
+@ssg
+@agalati
+@njha
+@rch
+@T
+@a
+@alex
+@drb
+@henq
+Alexander Thompson
+@Andrew
+Asher Gottlieb
+Benjamin Woodruff
+Chip Wasson
+Dawid Ciężarkiewicz
+Evan Henshawplath
+Grischa Boßlar
+John Travise
+@mindricity
+@Pavel
+@Peter
+Sebastian Jug
+John Travise
+Chuck Reed
+Alessandro Fort 

LICENSE.md

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+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://getaether.net/">
+	<img src="https://getaether.net/images/Logo-v3-light-bg.png" width="240">
+</a>
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+Aether is a peer-to-peer network of independent, self-moderated communities. 
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18370208">Hacker News</a>
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/27/5150758/aether-aims-to-be-a-reddit-for-the-privacy-conscious">The Verge</a>
+</p>
+
+## Heads up
+
+The current version is a developer preview. It collects usage metrics to help debugging. 
+
+This is a developer preview, a pre-alpha. It is unstable and untested. It is not production-ready.
+
+### Legalese 
+
+This software is provided for free, on an ***as-is*** basis, with no warranty, and ***without any expressed or implied offer of support***. 
+
+**THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
+APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
+HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES ```PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
+OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.```  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
+IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
+ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.**
+
+## Download 
+[Download Aether](https://getaether.net)
+
+Aether is available for Mac OS, Windows and Linux. The Linux version provided as a courtesy, it might work, but is completely unsupported. Windows and Mac OS versions are supported by users at [meta.geteather.net](https://meta.getaether.net/c/support). 
+
+## Filing a bug
+
+Please create a topic in the appropriate section of [meta.getaether.net](https://meta.getaether.net). This allows non-Github-using majority of Aether users to help with your issue, and point you in the right direction.
+
+# Backers
+
+Aether exists thanks to the generous fellows below. Funding Aether comes with some perks, such as registering your unique name before anyone else. [See here](https://getaether.net/supporterbenefits) for full benefits. 
+
+<a href="https://www.patreon.com/nehbit">
+	<img src="https://c5.patreon.com/external/logo/[email protected]" width="160">
+</a>
+
+## Sponsors
+
+[[your company here]](https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=11407204)
+
+## People 
+
+@sparklabs
+
+@HostFat
+
+@ssg
+
+@agalati
+
+@njha
+
+@rch
+
+@T
+
+@a
+
+@alex
+
+@drb
+
+@henq
+
+Alexander Thompson
+
+@Andrew
+
+Asher Gottlieb
+
+Benjamin Woodruff
+
+Chip Wasson
+
+Dawid Ciężarkiewicz
+
+Evan Henshawplath
+
+Grischa Boßlar
+
+John Travise
+
+@mindricity
+
+@Pavel
+
+@Peter
+
+Sebastian Jug
+
+John Travise
+
+Chuck Reed
+
+Alessandro Fort 

README.md

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+package beapiserver
+
+import (
+	pb "aether-core/aether/protos/beapi"
+	"aether-core/aether/services/globals"
+	"aether-core/aether/services/logging"
+	"aether-core/aether/services/toolbox"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	// "google.golang.org/grpc/reflection"
+	"fmt"
+	// "golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func StartBackendServer(gotValidPort chan bool) {
+	logging.Logf(1, "Starting Backend API server.")
+	defer logging.Logf(1, "Stopped Backend API server.")
+	if globals.BackendConfig.GetBackendAPIPublic() {
+		logBackendAPIServingPubliclyWarning()
+	}
+	var backendSourceIp string
+	if globals.BackendConfig.GetBackendAPIPublic() {
+		backendSourceIp = "0.0.0.0" // listen publicly
+	} else {
+		backendSourceIp = "127.0.0.1" // listen locally
+	}
+	sourceAddr := fmt.Sprint(backendSourceIp, ":", globals.BackendConfig.GetBackendAPIPort())
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp4", sourceAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Couldn't bind to the given port. Ask the OS to give us a free port instead, and save that port.
+		var err2 error
+		sourceAddr = fmt.Sprint(backendSourceIp, ":", 0)
+		listener, err2 = net.Listen("tcp4", sourceAddr)
+		if err2 != nil {
+			logging.LogCrashf("The backend API Server could not start listening. Err: %v", err2)
+		}
+		_, sPort, _ := net.SplitHostPort(listener.Addr().String())
+		sPortAsInt, _ := strconv.Atoi(sPort)
+		globals.BackendConfig.SetBackendAPIPort(sPortAsInt)
+	}
+	gotValidPort <- true
+	maxmsgsize := grpc.MaxMsgSize(toolbox.MaxInt32) // 12gb. debug TODO
+	maxrecv := grpc.MaxRecvMsgSize(toolbox.MaxInt32)
+	maxsend := grpc.MaxSendMsgSize(toolbox.MaxInt32)
+	s := grpc.NewServer(maxmsgsize, maxrecv, maxsend)
+	pb.RegisterBackendAPIServer(s, &server{})
+	err2 := s.Serve(listener)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		logging.LogCrashf("Failed to serve the Backend API. %v", err2)
+	}
+}
+
+func logBackendAPIServingPubliclyWarning() {
+	logging.Logf(1, `
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+HEADS UP: You are serving this backend API (that talks to frontends, not the one who talks to the Mim network) publicly on the Internet at port %d of this machine's external IP.
+If this is not your intent, do not provide the 'backendapipublic' flag at startup. This setting is false by default.
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  `, globals.BackendConfig.GetBackendAPIPort())
+}