PDP UNIX and CD-ROMs

[Greg Lehey]

On Mon,  2 March 1998 at  9:38:33 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Chris Drake:
>>> Ok, so CD-ROMs are not the _best_ method of distributing the archive, but
>>> they are a _good_ way of doing so.
>> 
>> Sounds good to me...  Just out of curiosity, got any idea how many people are
>> on this list and/or might want a CD?  I may have a limited ability to cut
>> some at work, but not if we're talking lots.
> 
> I'd say at least 100 initially, and at least 300 in the first 12 months.
> I'm trying to organise a bunch of people who can burn CDs, to keep the
> individual workload down.
> 
> I'll be creating a Rock Ridge image using mkisofs from the archive here.
> People who are prepared to burn CDs can either download the image, or the
> entire archive. For the latter, I'll include a makefile to build the CD image.
> 
> Oviously, people who do mirror the archive:
> 
> 	+ will be asked to burn CDs, and will do so,

As I mentioned before, I can cut tapes, but not burn CDs.  I think
this is still a valuable service.

> 	+ must be covered by a license. I will need either a signed
> 	  letter (on paper) describing the license, or a PGP-signed
> 	  email describing the license, before I can give access to
> 	  the archive.

Right.  Any further news about when this could happen?
 
> Does this sound reasonable, everyone?

Modulo my point above, yes.

Greg

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