We at pypdf (https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf) have been hit by the
unexpected shutdown of the service and were glad to at least find this
indirect announcement. Nevertheless, it seems like we have to find a
suitable alternative for the previously used govdocs1 PDF files from
your server, as the official govdocs1 sources do not expose the single
PDF files directly.
Thanks for hosting these files in the past.
Best regards,
Stefan
On 2025/01/09 01:36:59 Tim Allison wrote:
\All,
We've gotten a handful of takedown requests recently. I had initially
envisioned public sharing of files as a key component of our server. We can
still use the files and offer read access to fellow file researchers. I'm
not sure I want to deal with further takedown requests.
As an intermediate step, we could ask robots not to crawl the data, but
that's not reliable.
So, in lieu of that, with heavy heart, I ask if it is time to close off
public access?
WDYT?
Best,
Tim
