Re: Source

On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 08:55:21PM -0300, Steve Mallett wrote:
> > I think the best plan is this.
> >
> >  * On the CD, mention that the source is available from our website.
> >    Explain what the source is, why people might want it and why they
> >    might not.
> >
> >  * From our website, link to the source tarballs on the projects'
> >    websites -- we don't host the source ourselves.
> 
> We aren't seriously going to try to swamp the author's server/website/wallet 
> are we?  If this project proves worth doing we will get help somewhere.   I 
> would call that "bad form".  My $.02

I think that the fact that we are creating a CD with the software on it
would save the authors bandwidth,

i.e.

I download the software then say distrobute 10 cd's that means only 
one download from the authors site instead of 10. 

Sounds like a good deal to me.

And users that want the source will invaribly end up testing/debugging
stuff for the developers so everyone wins.

Or is that in my perfect world.

Just my 0.2 groats

> 
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