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Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Yes so it seems: I was reading sourceforge terms of use and couldn't find any specific number neither. I suppose we need a few download/uploads to master the DVD and then we should probably offer a peer to peer access for everyone who wants to download the 'stable' version (as we did in 2011). We could also have the stable versions hosted on archive.org as Fabian volunteered to help out with those. So now I guess we just need to pick a service. I'd be happy to hear from the people who have helped in 2011 and not be the only one choosing. Thanks. Fred On 01/19/2012 11:35 AM, julien forgeat wrote: > Hi Fred > > My understanding of these services policies is that they do not > explicitly prohibit large file hosting but will at least throttle > accounts that show bandwidth usage higher than what they consider > reasonable. > > I have not checked all the terms of service but here is as a > reference, the clause from github > >> If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by GitHub) of other GitHub customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption. > > I don't know how many release of the large DVD files are needed to > build the free culture disk but if this number is not too high, I > would point at bit torrent to leverage the difficult (free bandwidth; > large files) couple. > > Julien

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by julien forgeat

Hi Fred My understanding of these services policies is that they do not explicitly prohibit large file hosting but will at least throttle accounts that show bandwidth usage higher than what they consider reasonable. I have not checked all the terms of service but here is as a reference, the clause from github >If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by GitHub) of other GitHub customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption. I don't know how many release of the large DVD files are needed to build the free culture disk but if this number is not too high, I would point at bit torrent to leverage the difficult (free bandwidth; large files) couple. Julien On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Frederic Muller - SFI <fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > > > On 01/19/2012 08:05 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab >>> >>> It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ >> >> Hi Fred >> That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, >> it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? >> >>> From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: >> ---------- >> SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. >> today we fight back. >> Dear Free Software Supporter, >> Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... >> >> Cheers, >> Julian > > It's been blocked for ages. Are there file size limits on repositories > like sourceforge or google code for example? (I could check that myself...) > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 01/19/2012 08:05 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab >> >> It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ > > Hi Fred > That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, > it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? > >> From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: > ---------- > SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. > today we fight back. > Dear Free Software Supporter, > Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... > > Cheers, > Julian It's been blocked for ages. Are there file size limits on repositories like sourceforge or google code for example? (I could check that myself...) Fred

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Julian H. Stacey

> > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab > > It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ Hi Fred That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? >From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: ---------- SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. today we fight back. Dear Free Software Supporter, Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Julian H. Stacey

Hi, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Dear all, > > I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing > the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, > hosting/repository). > > While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available > to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, > manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: > - free bandwidth > - discussion channels (list or web based) > - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) > - large size file storage (DVD size) > - version control system > > So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. Suggestion make it a DVD that can also select & play like a normal commercial DVD connected to a TV. I found ours would only view on a computer. So though I'd also brought one of those car players with 2 screens ((the kind that strap on car seats to keep kids in the back occupied normally) It wouldnt play. & the people demoing various Linux & BSD didnt want to sacrifice their PCs just to play it. (We had originally hoped to play stuff on an umanned desk between Linux stand & BSD stand). We could have even piped it from that device into a projector in a spare lecture theater we had available (Id have been prepared to risk my player device unattended) - but none of us were about to leave our laptops unattended in a remote room. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 01/19/2012 06:30 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > On 12-01-18 05:22 PM, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing >> the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, >> hosting/repository). >> >> While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available >> to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, >> manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: >> - free bandwidth >> - discussion channels (list or web based) >> - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) >> - large size file storage (DVD size) >> - version control system >> >> So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. >> > Archive.org comes to mind although it's non-trivial to upload and input > all the metadata for each file. If a source, complete license and > description/authors etc. are all provided I'll volunteer to do it. > > Fabián R. > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab > It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ Fred

Jan. 18, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Fabian Rodriguez

On 12-01-18 05:22 PM, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Dear all, > > I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing > the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, > hosting/repository). > > While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available > to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, > manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: > - free bandwidth > - discussion channels (list or web based) > - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) > - large size file storage (DVD size) > - version control system > > So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. > Archive.org comes to mind although it's non-trivial to upload and input all the metadata for each file. If a source, complete license and description/authors etc. are all provided I'll volunteer to do it. Fabián R. http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab -- -- Fabián Rodríguez

Jan. 18, 2012

Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Dear all, I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, hosting/repository). While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: - free bandwidth - discussion channels (list or web based) - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) - large size file storage (DVD size) - version control system So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. Thanks. Fred

Jan. 18, 2012

New Year, SOPA and SFD 2011 competition

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Dear all, Best wishes to all of you and time for me to send out some updates: - The SFI board has been re-elected. There is no change for 2012 which is a good thing: a little stability should help us to reach new territories :D - We are of course very concerned about SOPA and have joined the strike as many others. SFD website will come back from the dark on the 19th - Lemote, a manufacturer of MIPS computers using only free drivers has joined the rank of our sponsors for the SFD competition and will provide 3 Yeeloong netbook for the winners of 2011 (while prizes for the 2010 winners have almost all arrived, we're still tracking what's missing) - The FSF will be providing again Richard Stallman essays and Richard will sign the book himself for the 2nd year - The competition participation form is now live and can be filled here: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/cgi-bin/report.py . Only teams who have registered their SFD events in 2011 can participate. You will also need to provide the email address used for registration. Rules can be checked when the SOPA strike is over at this address: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition => any problem, bug, question please don't hesitate to email sfd-discuss Let's make 2012 a great year for all of us. We are planning to resume active preparations very soon and will let everyone know! Thank you for your continuous support. Sincerely Frederic Muller on behalf of the SFI board

Jan. 18, 2012