Re: [ros-dev] Vote: Allow 3rd-party distribution of ROS through XDCCBot.

[Magnus Olsen]

only if they tell it is 3d part distribution
like redhat, suse, gentoo does. and if
they have change anything from the offical version


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Filby" <jason.filby(a)gmail.com>
To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev(a)reactos.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Vote: Allow 3rd-party distribution of ROS through
XDCCBot.


>   Another question is: can we really say limit people
> from
>  redistributing ReactOS? I don't think that our license(s) prohibit
>  this.
>
>  Perhaps some guidelines for such people are all that is needed.
>
>  Cheers
>  Jason
>
>  On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:37:04 -0500, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca>
wrote:
> >   Hi,
> >
> >  Right now, someone has set up an XDCC IRC bot to distribute copies of
> >  ReactOS. While I welcome the move, it raises a question on who is
> >  responsible for the quality of those files. Even if the person means no
> >  harm, the files can get corrupted/infected by the following events:
> >
> >      1) Download corruption
> >      2) Viral infection
> >      3) Hard-disk damage
> >
> >  And perhaps many more. In all cases, this would result in unusable,
> >  dangerous or even damaging releases of ReactOS, which we could not
> >  control. As such, I propose a vote:
> >
> >  [ ] Yes, allow 3rd-party distribution of the OS through the #ros-xdcc
> >  channel and ROS-XDCC-001 bot. (support and encourage this distribution)
> >
> >  [ ] Yes, allow 3rd-party distribution of the OS, but it must clearly
> >  distance itself from officially supported releases (tolerate but do not
> >  support this distribution)
> >
> >  [ ] No, only sourceforge and other official ReactOS distribution points
> >  should be used.
> >
> >  Myself I vote for the first choice, but I would like the following to be
> >  done:
> >
> >      1) Create MD5 Hashes to verify authenticity
> >      2) Set up official communications with the bot's maintainer and
> >  establish a set of guidelines.
> >
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
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