[PL] PL2005 CD - it's time to get serious

[Susan Bugher]

status report:

Steven Burn has downloaded the programs. He will compile the CD and
create the ISO.

Can anyone tell me from looking at their installations if it's okay to
redistribute these two apps:

QuickTime Alternative
Real Alternative

I have finished *most* of the include/omit list - just a few to go. A
copy of the current status is below. I've been looking at web pages,
readme's, EULA's etc. all day. Let me know if it looks like I goofed on
an "ok" or "omit". . .

Susan

2xExplorer - ok
40tude Dialog - ok
4DOS - omit
7-Zip - ok
ActivIcons - ok
Ad-Aware - omit
Adobe Reader SpeedUp - omit
Agent Ransack - ok
Aida32 - omit
All-Purpose Spell Checker (APSC) - omit
AllChars - ok
AM-DeadLink - ok
AntiVir Personal Edition - omit
AtNotes - ok
Audacity - ok
AutoHotkey - ok
AutoIt - ok
AVG Anti-Virus System - omit
AVIcodec - ok
Batchrun - ok
Belarc Advisor - omit
Blender - ok
Burnatonce - ok
Buttonz & Tilez! - ok
Cacheman - ok
Calendar Magic - ok
Cathy - ok
CDBurnerXP Pro - omit
CDCheck - ok
CDex - ok
Chainsaw - omit
ChangeIcon - ok
Columbine Bookmark Merge (CBM) - ok
Convert - ok
Crimson Editor - ok
Crypt Edit - ok
Cygwin - ok
DAEMON Tools - ok
dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC) - ok
Debian - ok
DeepBurner Free - ok
Dependency Walker - omit
Dirhtml - omit
DirKey - ok
DLExpert - ok
DLL Archive - ok
Drive Rescue - ok
DVDSig - ok
EasyCleaner - ok
eCleaner - ok
EditPad Lite - ok
Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) - ok
Eraser - ok
Ethereal - ok
Exact Audio Copy (EAC) - ok
ExamDiff - ok
Exifer - omit
Extended Character Map - ok
F-Prot Antivirus for DOS - omit
Filemon - omit
FileZilla - ok
FileZilla Server - ok
Font Magic - ok
Free Agent - omit
Free Digital Camera Enhancer - ok
Free Download Manager (FDM) - ok
freeCommander - ok
Frhed - ok
FTPpie - ok
GhostScript - ok
GoldenSectionNotes - omit
Google Toolbar -
GrabIt - ok
Graph Paper Printer - ok
GSpot - omit
Hamster - ok
Hosts File - omit
HTML-Kit - omit
HTTRACK (WinHTTrack) - ok
IEradicator - ok
Info-Rapid Search & Replace - ok
Inno Setup - ok
IrfanView - ok
IZArc - ok
JAlbum - ok
JPEG Cleaner - ok
jv16 Powertools - ok
K-meleon - ok
K9 - ok
Kerio Personal Firewall - omit
KeyNote - ok
LAME - ok
LFN-Tools (Long FileNames in DOS) - ok
Lister - ok
Lupas Rename (Lupas 2000) - ok
Magic Mail Monitor - ok
Mailwasher - ok
Maxthon (was MyIE2) - ok
Media Player Classic - ok
MemLoad - ok
Memtest86 - ok
MetaPad - ok
MinGW - ok
Miranda IM - ok
MotherBoard Monitor (MBM) - omit
MozBackup - ok
Mozilla - ok
Mozilla Firefox (was Mozilla Firebird) (was Phoenix) - ok
Mozilla Thunderbird - ok
mp3DirectCut - ok
MP3Gain - ok
MPEG Audio Collection (MAC) - ok
MultiRes - ok
MWSnap - ok
MyAlbum - ok
Neutron - ok
nnCron LITE - ok
NoteTab Light - ok
Nvu - ok
OE-Quotefix - ok
OffByOne - ok
OpenOffice.org - ok
Outlook-Quotefix - ok
Partition Saving (was Savepart) - ok
Password Safe - ok
Path Copy (PathCopy) - ok
PE Builder - ok
Pegasus Mail - ok
PGP Freeware (was Pretty Good Privacy) (PGP) - omit
PhotoFiltre - ok
Pixia - ok
PowerArchiver - ok
PowerDesk - omit
PowerPro - ok
Process Explorer - omit
PSPad - omit
Push That Freakin' Button (PTFB) - ok
PuTTY - ok
Python - ok
QuickTime Alternative -
Ragtime Solo - ok
Ranish Partition Manager - ok
Real Alternative -
RegCleaner - ok
Registrar Lite - omit
RegMon - omit
RegSeeker - omit
ReplaceEm (was BK ReplaceEm) - ok
Resource Hacker - ok
Revelation - omit
RUNit - ok
Sam Spade - ok
Script Defender - ok
SharpDevelop - ok
SoftCAT -
SpaceMonger - ok
Speakonia - omit
Spider - omit
Spybot Search & Destroy - ok
SpywareBlaster - omit
Start-Up Monitor (Startup Monitor) - omit
Startup Control Panel - omit
SuperFormat - ok
TClockEx - ok
The Font Thing - ok
The Gimp - ok
The Proxomitron - ok
The Regex Coach - omit
TightVNC - ok
TMPGEnc - omit
TopStyle Lite - omit
Total Uninstall - ok
TrackerV3 -
TreeCopy - ok
Treepad Lite and Treepad Asia - ok
TWEAK UI - omit
TypeItIn - omit
UK's Kalender - ok
Ulead Gif Animator - omit
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) (was Windows Ultimate Boot CD) -
omit
VanBasco's Karaoke Player - ok
VirtualDub - ok
Visit URL - ok
Visual Thought - omit
VNC - ok
WAssociate - ok
Weather Watcher - ok
WinAmp Classic - omit
WinDriversBackup Personal Edition - ok
Wink - omit
WinMX - omit
WinPatrol - ok
WordWeb - omit
WorldTime - ok
X-Fonter - ok
X-Setup Pro (was Xteq X-Setup) - ok
Xenu's Link Sleuth - ok
Xnews - ok
XnView - ok
XOSL - ok
Xplorer² - ok
XXCopy - ok
YahooPOPs! (YPOPs!) - ok
Yankee Clipper III - ok
ZipGenius - ok
ZoneAlarm (Zone Alarm) - omit
Zoner Draw 3 - omit

*************

 

[PuppyKatt]

PL2005 CD - it's time to get serious

<snip>

4. volunteer burners

Danny (Thailand)

I have been really busy for the past couple of weeks, and have had very
little time for the computer. Has anyone heard from Danny since the big
disaster? I have been thinking of him a lot. Is he okay?

 

[jo]

Can anyone tell me from looking at their installations if it's okay to
redistribute these two apps:

QuickTime Alternative
Dunno

Real Alternative

My recollection is that Real were not particularly happy about their
proprietary codecs being distributed as a part of RA.
I can find nothing to back this up atm...

 

[Susan Bugher]

My recollection is that Real were not particularly happy about their
proprietary codecs being distributed as a part of RA.
I can find nothing to back this up atm...

The author's web site is accessible ATM - I couldn't reach it the other
day - but AFAICT no info about redistribution. . . except (at the
bottom of the page) "Copyright 2004, KL Software. All rights reserved."

http://www.codecguide.com/

Susan

 

[jo]

The author's web site is accessible ATM - I couldn't reach it the other
day - but AFAICT no info about redistribution. . . except (at the
bottom of the page) "Copyright 2004, KL Software. All rights reserved."

http://www.codecguide.com/

Sure. But they can't copyright the Real codecs can they? Which is the
issue. Web searching brings up a few bits of hearsay about 'intellectual
property rights' and 'unethical'.
I have an absolute recollection of Real nearly pulling the plug on RA a
few years ago, but can find no source to back this up, and no source to
say what Real's current position is.

 

[Susan Bugher]

Sure. But they can't copyright the Real codecs can they? Which is the
issue. Web searching brings up a few bits of hearsay about 'intellectual
property rights' and 'unethical'.
I have an absolute recollection of Real nearly pulling the plug on RA a
few years ago, but can find no source to back this up, and no source to
say what Real's current position is.

ATM it looks like they should be omitted from the CD. ISTM KL Software's
statement prohibits redistribution of the two apps by the general public
(lacking any information to the contrary).

Which makes Real's position on this a moot point. . .

Susan

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Omar=A9?=]

Steven Burn has downloaded the programs. He will compile the CD and
create the ISO.

Can anyone tell me from looking at their installations if it's okay to
redistribute these two apps:

QuickTime Alternative
Real Alternative

I have finished *most* of the include/omit list - just a few to go. A
copy of the current status is below. I've been looking at web pages,
readme's, EULA's etc. all day. Let me know if it looks like I goofed on
an "ok" or "omit". . .

Susan

snip
Well, just back in town but I guess you do not need my help downloading.
Ok I still will burn
Omar

 

[Lius]

yes, he is alive and kicking
though he has less time now, looking after 2 beautiful grand daughters
during weekends

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

Well, just back in town but I guess you do not need my help downloading.

That's what alway seems to happen when Steven Burn gets going on
something.

The downloading reminded me of last year - posts to ACF every few
minutes saying *another* Category was done - except this year instead of
three people we had a one man band. Now I'm *desperately* playing
catch-up. . .

Ok I still will burn
Omar

Thank you Omar.

Susan

 

[bambam]

That's what alway seems to happen when Steven Burn gets going on
something.

The downloading reminded me of last year - posts to ACF every few
minutes saying *another* Category was done - except this year instead of
three people we had a one man band. Now I'm *desperately* playing
catch-up. . .

It was an impressive display of bandwidth, and generous donation of time
that I am in awe of. Thanks Steven, great job.
As Nicolaas Hawkins has volunteered to be the burner for our area, and the
fact that I didn´t exactly do a roaring trade last year, I´ll sit it out
this year and just be an unofficial burner.
Keep up the good work Susan, you are the glue that holds us all together.

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

It was an impressive display of bandwidth, and generous donation of time
that I am in awe of. Thanks Steven, great job.
As Nicolaas Hawkins has volunteered to be the burner for our area, and the
fact that I didn´t exactly do a roaring trade last year, I´ll sit it out
this year and just be an unofficial burner.
Keep up the good work Susan, you are the glue that holds us all together.

Indeed so. I wasn't exactly overwhelmed with requests last season, either
.... I think I may have done about a dozen - and that includes my own
give-aways and one to set up the land of the Bunyip with their own burner.

--
Regards,
Nicolaas.


.... Adults are obsolete children.

 

[PuppyKatt]

Thank you, Lius.

yes, he is alive and kicking
though he has less time now, looking after 2 beautiful grand daughters
during weekends

 

[Susan Bugher]

We're getting close to the finish line (a bit of checking still to be
done). Critics are needed. The more the merrier. . .

I uploaded a preliminary ZIP file that contains the web pages etc. for
the PL2005 CD - everything *but* the program files. Steven Burn has
given it a quick test (he replaced the shellexe.exe file - the one in
the ZIP is N.G.) - otherwise so far so good. The file is here:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/2005PL-CD.zip
(249 KB)

Please download the file, unzip it, try it out and post your comments.
Is it easy to navigate? Are there errors, notes that should be added
etc. etc. etc.

All suggestions are welcome - I'll implement the *easy* improvements
this year. . .

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

The PL2005 CD should be finalized soon. After that Steven Burn will
create the master CD and the ISO.

Volunteers with high speed connections are needed to burn and mail
copies of the CD to the volunteer burners who *don't* have high-speed
access.

Volunteers for this task will be given *priority* access to the ISO. . .
not that that will to influence anyone's decision. . .

May I have a show of hands please.

Susan

 

[burnr]

The PL2005 CD should be finalized soon. After that Steven Burn will
create the master CD and the ISO.

Volunteers with high speed connections are needed to burn and mail
copies of the CD to the volunteer burners who *don't* have high-speed
access.

Volunteers for this task will be given *priority* access to the ISO. . ..
not that that will to influence anyone's decision. . .

May I have a show of hands please.

Susan

Unfortunatly my free time is is practically non-existant lately. When
it's ready though I can host a download of the ISO.

 

[Susan Bugher]

@corp.supernews.com:




Unfortunatly my free time is is practically non-existant lately. When
it's ready though I can host a download of the ISO.

Thank you. I just revised the wiki page to show this info:

http://www.markcarter.me.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PricelesswareCd

Tasks and Volunteers:

1. Host PL2005 ISO

Army Redleg (limited distribution)
Ashlyn Huq (limited distribution)
Steven Burn (limited distribution)
burnr (limited distribution)

2. Create bit torrent

MAMEngineer

3. Upload to alt.binaries.freeware

Jo

4. volunteer burners

Mark Warner
Omar
REMbranded
Adrian Carter - adriancarterau (AT) yahoo (DOT) com (DOT) au
harsha godavari (Canada) -
Nicolaas Hawkins
Puppykatt (Western Canada, and North-Central U.S.A.)
Danny (Thailand)
Semolina Pilchard (UK)

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When Steven Burn has the ISO on-line the people listed above who have
high-speed connections will have first crack at the download.

This is probably a good time to ask if there are any other volunteer
burners.

We can start a list of people requesting the CD soon - I think the wiki
will be a good place to consolidate the requests into a single list.

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

It was an impressive display of bandwidth, and generous donation of time
that I am in awe of. Thanks Steven, great job.

Amen to that.

As Nicolaas Hawkins has volunteered to be the burner for our area, and the
fact that I didn´t exactly do a roaring trade last year, I´ll sit it out
this year and just be an unofficial burner.
Okey-dokey.

Keep up the good work Susan, you are the glue that holds us all together.

hmmm. . . I'm afraid that means I'll come to a sticky end.

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

yes, he is alive and kicking

That's very good news.

though he has less time now, looking after 2 beautiful grand daughters
during weekends

For some reason I thought Danny was a *kid*. . . adjusting mental
image. . .

Susan

 

[TINY]

Are you going to send them out like last year I can't burn them but I would
love to receive one if I could please

 

[Susan Bugher]

Are you going to send them out like last year I can't burn them but I would
love to receive one if I could please

That's the plan. It seems a bit early to start the list of people who
want to receive a PL2005 CD - I'll start a thread for that as soon as
some of the volunteer burners have copies of the CD and are ready to go
to work.

Susan