On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 11:52:05AM +0000, James Bensley wrote: > Hey Listees, > > Just a quick question. I hope this isn't received incorrectly by > everyone as I do mean the best for the CentOS project; > > I am wondering if it would be frowned upon to upload CentOS to my > RapidShare account. I understand I can freely distribute CentOS but to > what extent? In its simplest form I only really want to upload CentOS > 5.2 to my RapidShare account for speed. but keep in mind that it (or most if not all of it) is GPL, so you must also make the sources avaialble, either at the same time/place, or an offer to make available at a later time/place upon request. > > I had to download it twice this weekend at two difference remote sites > and sometimes the mirror was a bit slow. Generally they are quite fast > but I mean with RapidShare I can get 50Mbps compared to normal > 6-10Mbps from some mirrors. I understand it depends on the line I am > downloading from and the load on the mirror etc but because fools like > myself and many others have paid RapidShare accounts we can download > things super quick with a vary reliable supplier. > > I am wondering why I can't find CentOS on there already as that was > the first place I looked hoping I could download the DVD install > straight from there in 20 minutes? > > Is it because this is either frowned upon or just straight up wrong? > > Does anyone have any suggestions about the right way to go with this? > > Thanks for reading people. > > Regards, > James ;) > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- > PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge ----------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090202/a117743e/attachment-0005.sig>