Re: Problems downloading PG titles without a web browser
Marcello Perathoner <marcello-ULrl/Sucve/[email protected]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:37:10 +0100
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On 02/11/2013 03:31 AM, don kretz wrote: > I'm puzzled. I think PG is an organization about making it as easy as > possible to download free ebooks. What problem is being addressed by making > it more restrictive and difficult? By making it difficult for bots to access the main site, we give humans a chance to use the site. We require friendly "bots" to identify themselves so we can contact their owners in case they misbehave or block them altogether. See also wikipedia's reasoning: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy Regards -- Marcello Perathoner [email protected] _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d