On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM, D Tucny <d...@tucny.com> wrote: > 2009/4/18 Simon Ward <si...@bleah.co.uk> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:23:19AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >> > Stefan de Konink wrote: >> > > After a few upload problems, a new torrent is available. >> > > >> > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Bittorrent >> > >> > Not to nitpick, but in terms of PR, might it be better to use a tracker >> > other than The Pirate Bay? >> >> Selfish and wrong. It may even help TPB if more high profile projects >> used their tracker for (legal) distribution. >> >> In terms of PR it could also be seen how an “open” data project >> abandoned an effective method of distributing open data. If TPB’s >> appeal fails, it sets a bad precedent for any other tracker out there. >[..] > If anything, TPB has done bad PR for BitTorrent, an open protocol > and open source implementation developed for the efficient distribution of > large datasets and now in common perception, a tool to enable one to easily > obtain copyrighted materials... > > BitTorrent can be an effective method of distributing open data and setting > up a tracker for a project isn't a massive job, ´ Tell us of an tracker that your government has deemed politically correct, you can add this torrent file to that tracker yourself.. Use Open DNS servers: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 if you need to access The Pirate bay.
Getting the planet in 15MB/s makes not having it locally easier. -- /emj _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev