L.D wrote:
>thank goodness there are enough mirror sites out there
>still that can simply be renamed and turned into another archive
>resource for developers and end users. "Simtel Net" doesn't own the
>software, nor does it own ANY *rights* to the software, so "Simtel Net"
>cannot do a damn thing legally nor practically to stop the creation of a
>replacement for the "Simtel Net" your group has effectively destroyed
>with its latest money grubbing ideas.
Sorry this is incorrect. SimTel (or the owners of SimTel but that's not the
point) own the compilation. The mirrors can not rename it and use the
current directory structure and indexes. They would by doing so violate the
copyright laws. However they are free to structure the files as they
themselves see fit and make their own indexes. But nothing of that can be
based upon the current directory tree nor indexes. Of course it's doable,
but who will do it for the msdos directory? :(
//Bernie
