Copyright and GPL could be used to prevent this. Perhaps we could set
up a charity to run a central root server - unless we are prepaired to
adopt some weird decentralised system <PLUG>such as I am developing for
my 4th year project</PLUG> we need a central server.
> If I had to propose a plan, I'd suggest some sort of newsgroupish
> environment in which new cd submissions would be posted to. This would
> allow for anyone who wishes to to go in and retrieve the information and
> add it to a private database. (Ie, a post to the cdinfo group would be
> read by both private collectors and global repositories, and would allow
> them to update their repositiories.) If a repository decides to go AWOL,
> one can simply use one of the others.
Would USENET be able to handle a (hopefully) massive influx of
submissions?
Ian.
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Ian Clarke
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"A subversive is anyone who can out-argue their government"