----- Original Message ----
> From: Ryan Graham <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:06:27 AM
> Subject: [lug:15211] Re: My first utility :)
>
>
> On 2009-09-24, at 11:02 PM, Luther Goh Lu Feng wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Dos-Man 64
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Would anyone please help to test this out? I need to make sure the
> >> output is correct, that all the needed files are in the zip file,
> >> that
> >> no segmentation faults (related to pointers) are taking place, and
> >> that the end user has the proper priviledges to run the executable.
> >> Once I am sure it is working correctly, I have to whip up a EULA and
> >> upload it somewhere so that people can download it.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=ZW9DT20rdzgyWGRFQlE9PQ
> >>
> > Where is the source for this? And what is the license for this
> > program. Sounds very fishy to me.
> >
>
> Not so much fishy as unconventional. Dos-Man is just new to the Linux
> software writing scene, so he just has some catching up to do.
>
> Regarding distribution, Dos-Man, you should consider open sourcing
> your program. It is quite customary for this sort of program, as is
> distributing as source code rather than binary. Zip is also a bit
> uncommon in the Linux world, with tarballs (.tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tgz,
> etc.) being the norm.
>
> ~Ryan
>
Sorry for sounding that paranoid.... the spam bots I have encountered on some
mailing lists and forums are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
But I think it is my mistake in this case. My apologies.
Cheers,
Luther
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