>OK. I see. I have my own CD-R, so I know what you're talking about. But
>people expect pressed CD's from companies (imagine the tech support calls:
>"Why the heck is this cd _green_? Is it growing mold?") and the pressed
>CD's are more durable, too. Also, some CD-ROMs can not always handle CD-R's.
Anthony,
I don't think developers will mind a burnt CD instead of a pressed one.
besides, I've got all varieties of CD-Rs. From gold, to silver, to blue.
And usually developers are very less likely to send in some stupid tech
support requests like the ones you mentioned. And so far I've only heard of
problems with over-length CD-R media.
>End users (a significant percentage) are dumb.
You don't expect me to account for the dumbest possible user? We're not
trying to imitate the US legal system where you have to write on a
microwave oven that you shouldn't put a cat in there to get it dry?
>But even if there were no dumb end users, if there are 40mb of OpenCard
>source (remember: minimum file size on a CD is 24K, 1700 1-byte files would
>accomplish that! Add in a resource fork, and you'd only need 850).
If there are 40 mb then what ... ? You kinda left that sentence unfinished.
>Agreed. I think the best way would be to get a domain name: OpenCard.com
>(but with the real name!). Then, if someone types it into their browser,
>they'll get the page wit the "download now" link.
Shouldn't we rather get a .org name? Anyway, in that case we should have a
clause in the license that they *must* include the URL.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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