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

[Jason Filby]

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 at 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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