Dave Walker wrote:
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>Wolfgang and others
>One point that occurs to me is that the current restriction on
>electronic distribution of the original source applies to Wolfgang
>acting as the registrar?
yes. ythink - the sources are several megabytes long. I routinely
get about a 2KB/sec connection to my ISP. I don't see myself
posting the source code via email every tile a change is made...
> This means that every time Wolfgang accepts an update into the
> official release then all those who are active and already have the
>sources will want a new copy of the official source. Does this
>mean that they need to apply to Wolfgang again?
Good point.
I have already foreseen that, if somebody is an "active developper"
he will get updates from me automagically. There will probably be a
certain number of people who will ask for the sources that will then
go down a black hole - I'm not sure that these really need
> I would assume not as this would very quickly become
>unwieldy but the current license does not seem to offer an >
>alternative. To be practical in terms of likely effort this means that
>Wolfgang needs to letall those who already have copies of the
>source an easy way of getting a later version with the minimum of
>effort from all parties. Once you decide this, why not make the
>initial distribution as painless.
Ok, I hear you.
> As stated earlier if control is wanted over this then a secure web
>or FTP site would be a good solution. Alternatively Wolfgang
>could maintain an email distribution list of those to whom updates
>should be sent - but this only works well if the amount to be sent
>remains small. If it grows in size or is changing with any
>frequency then a download-on-demand approach is better. My
>experience with the days when I used to supply c68 on disks
>makes me feel strongly about this. It got to the stage where I
>was spendingall my time copying disks. I only got things under
>control when I switched to primarily web based distribution.
Thanks for your input.
It does give me solething to think about. SInce many people have
requested to allow a distribution of the sources via email, I'll
probably allow this in.
Wolfgang
