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From: Henrik N. O. <h....@bt...> - 2002-05-03 14:59:24
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Hmm... anonymous up load does not seem to work ...? Anyway, I've uploaded Martins zip now, and download does work .henrik On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 15:37, Martin Stevens wrote: > > Just tried to upload the version i've made to the ftp site. > > Don't know if it made it if not can you upload it Henrik. > > Cheers > > Martin > > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:57:36PM +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: > > David and others, > > > > Yes, I basically agree with all of this. Let's make a version 0.01. > > Perhaps we can just build on the one Martin made. I would suggest > > choosing some small apps for the trial iso though, such as freeamp and > > Xchat, so that we can easily distribute it amongst ourselves. > > > > An advantage of doing an Html Solution is that we can work on the > > contents and the machinery in parallel. That is, one group can work on > > making nice pages with information about the apps., install help, open > > source backgound and all that, with the understanding that: "Yes, we > > know that this does not work perfectly in all browsers, but it gives us > > a good idea." And then others can work on customizing K-meleon (say) > > with very clearly agreed upn specs. Namely that it should basically be > > a stripped down HTML engine that runs in full screen mode and is able to > > launch certain pre-defined .exe files without complaint. > > > > About the forum: The old data _has_ been saved, and Alan is now working > > on trying to integrate it into the opensourceware.net forum. In any > > case we should be able to make a long text file with all the posts if > > nothing else. > > > > I have now enabled anonymous ftp with upload on theopencd.org site (ip: > > 66.197.181.104) This should be fine as long as it doesn't get abused > > ... There is limed space, but it should be ok for graphics and small > > zip files. > > > > - Henrik > > > > On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 14:34, David Wheeler wrote: > > > > > > I believe the most important thing to do is GET STARTED. > > > > > > Pick just a few applications (say, Open Office and Mozilla), > > > pick a simple way to get them installed (say, using HTML), > > > create a simple ISO image that can invoke their installers, > > > and release that as version 0.01 of the CD. > > > Open Office is already officially out (as is Abiword), > > > and there's no reason to wait for the next release of Mozilla. > > > > > > Once that's done, it will be MUCH easier to suggest improvements, > > > and you counter the argument that "it's all vaporware". > > > Plan to have a LOT of "developer" releases before and between each > > > end-user release, just like any other open source/free software > > > project. That way, you can find and fix more end-user problems. > > > > > > I posted a number of other suggestions on the other forum that > > > are apparantly now trashed. I REALLY hope you can recover the > > > data at least. For example, I provided some text that might be > > > useful for your splash screen, and when you're ready to add > > > open source software/free software documents, I gave lots of > > > references for those documents (many of the references are available via > > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_refs.html and > > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html). > > > > > > In the longer term, I can imagine multiple versions of the CD. > > > Perhaps there will be "desktop", "server", and "programmer" versions, > > > each of which come in "Windows" and "MacOS" flavors. > > > But start small and right away, then do the other stuff later. > > > > > > Also - I don't think you should include source code on the > > > _same_ CD-ROM; most users won't request it, and those who later > > > decide they want it can download it. Create a separate ISO image > > > for the source code, and make that available at the website. > > > Actually, for noncommercial redistribution you can just supply > > > a link to where the code is. As I understand it, > > > this is allowed by the GPL; here's the relevant GPL text > > > for what you have to do if you don't include the source code: > > > > > > b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three > > > years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your > > > cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete > > > machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be > > > distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium > > > customarily used for software interchange; or, > > > > > > c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer > > > to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is > > > allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you > > > received the program in object code or executable form with such > > > an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply > > > the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: ban...@so... > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Opencd-devel mailing list > > > Ope...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opencd-devel > > -- > > > > Henrik Nilsen Omma Theoretical Physics, Oxford > > 35 Frenchay Road 1 Keble Road > > Oxford OX2 6TG Oxford OX1 3NP > > h....@bt... he...@th... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply > > the hardware. 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