IRC log for #bzflag on 20150605

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03:55.47the_mapany bzflag admins available?
03:57.28allejodefine admin
04:01.45the_mapsomeone who can ban a player that is continuously tk'ing other player
04:01.49the_map*players
04:02.02the_mapsdf.org :: unix hackers
04:02.24the_mapon purpose, for no apparent reason
04:03.08the_mapwe've poll banned him multiple times
04:04.00the_mapa lot of players learned how to vote during the game
04:04.44the_mapjust got poll banned again
04:11.55the_mapjust got poll banned again
04:50.29echelonmaybe you can email a contact from sdf.org
04:52.03echelonhttp://sdf.org/?abuse/abuse
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15:35.16allejo~alezakos++
15:35.50alezakosbows
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17:47.55JeffM2501so did anyone want the bzflag.me domain?
17:53.08JeffM2501and are you guys going to remove all the stuffs from sourceforge?
17:54.11JeffM2501I still have no clue why 500+ people download bzedit win32 a week
17:54.26blast007from Russia, I think
17:54.32blast007but yeah, planning to move off
17:54.58JeffM2501I see that the releases are starting to move, I recomend you remove the files from SF as you yank em
17:55.09JeffM2501then check into the SF SVN a commit that remvoes all code
17:55.45JeffM2501if you want the domain blast007 just give me your namecheap username and I can transfer it to you
17:57.08JeffM2501not that SF will ever take the time to build a bzflag package with mallwarez, it's just the principle of the thing
17:59.00blast007who knows with 500 downloads a month ;)
17:59.35blast007and we haven't really started to move releases yet, that was more of a test
17:59.56JeffM2501ahh ok
18:00.50blast007ideally I'd like to grab all of the downloads and move those over to self hosting, with some of them clearly shoved into an 'archive' section
18:02.34JeffM2501I'm sure that'll take some time
18:07.53JeffM2501you can remove me from the SF admins if you want
18:27.55allejoif blast doesn't want bzflag.me, i'll take it
18:29.15blast007*poof*
18:29.25Lepppheh
18:33.14allejoanything i can help with moving off SF, blast007?
18:33.51blast007would we care about past download stats?
18:34.32allejoI kinda would find them disappointing if they're in a downward trend
18:35.17blast007the bzedit win32 ones are a bit pointless since there's like 500 downloads from Russia per week for some unknown reason ;)
18:56.06blast007s/ones/stats/
18:58.30blast007looks like grabbing all the actual files shouldn't be too bad
19:01.46blast007some of the SF mirrors allow browsing the directories
19:03.42BulletCatcherIs it time to stop distributing the really old binaries, so the 3-year GPL clock will start ticking for them?
19:05.10BulletCatcherMaybe it doesn't matter because we have no plans to stop making the old source code available.
19:05.57blast007what does "3-year GPL clock" mean?
19:46.55blast007hmm, though it seems that maybe not all files are on every mirror.  Not seeing any 1.10 or any 2.0.0 through 2.0.6 on the TCPdiag mirror, for instance (and only 3 of the 1.7 releases, and not even the newest of those).
19:48.20BulletCatcherLGPLv2 provides for "a written offer, valid for at least three years" to provide the source code for a distributed binary.
19:50.05blast007but do we provide a written offer?
19:52.03BulletCatcherI assume the COPYING file does that.
19:53.15BulletCatcherIf SourceForge stops distribuing executables, then 3 years later they are no longer obligated to distribute the source, and it may be practical to completely remove BZFlag from their site.
19:54.07blast007I'd assume the COPYING file is not a written offer, since you have to provide that regardless of which of the four options you choose.
19:55.35blast007so option C is a more likely fit for what we're doing
19:55.39blast007"If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above specified materials from the same place."
20:00.54BulletCatcherAs long as SourceForge complies with the LGPLv2, whatever that really means, I suppose we can't stop them from distributing BZFlag in both source and binary format.
20:00.56BulletCatcherAnd the LGPLv2 probably makes the kind of bundling they have been doing even more legal than some other licenses.
20:02.10BulletCatcherIf we don't want people to download from SourceForge, the best we can do is try to make some other place more attractive.
20:03.00blast007that should be pretty easy...  I mean, we're competing against SF's site :P
20:03.36BulletCatcherIt would help to work with Linux and other distros to change the source tarball URLs inside package specifications.
20:03.55BulletCatcherBut first we would need to choose a new official download site.
20:05.48blast007I'll work on grabbing copies of all the things from SF
20:06.21blast007I've already ran their 'export' tool which I think just pull down basic stuff like issues
20:06.23BulletCatcherBe sure to check for unwanted bundling. :-)
20:06.28blast007:)
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