[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 at gmail.com>
To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev at 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 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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