Pat Farrell wrote:
> Christopher Key wrote:
>   
>> I should probably point out that the system wasn't deliberately closed, 
>> the original developer simply hadn't made a concious effort to publish 
>> details, and I do understand than an open interface was already in the 
>> pipeline.
>>     
>
>
> Well, it sure was when I checked two years ago. I offered to do a Linux 
> port, and got some long BS that other clients could not be trusted.
>
> Which was discouraging. Trust is not created by keeping the source 
> closed. But what do I know, I write security code for a living.
>
>
>   
Ok, I guess things have moved on, or maybe it was because it was 
presented as a fait accompli.  Anyway, the checksumming and disc id 
generation algorithms are all available in the perl source if you fancy 
doing a Linux version in C or similar.

Chris
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