Re: Grind files update

[dmz@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel Zimmerman)]

snelson@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:

>Fellow csa2'ers:

>Ian Schmidt and Richard Wifall have finally convinced me that I have been
>duped by Dr. Tom.  I have been negligent in determining the authenticity
>of files archived on grind from the upload/ directory and cba2 posts.

>My sincere apology to the 'Net users and grind FTP users.  It won't happen
>again to the best of my abilities.

>The following are my requirements for grind..apple2 files.

>1)  Only files which are placed in upload/ by their author or by someone
>with the permission of the author will be kept.  A E-mail message to
>apple2pd@grind.isca.uiowa.edu or steven-nelson@uiowa.edu will be required
>for any uploaded file.  I will request re-verification from the author
>whenever I feel the possibility of a bogus submission.

You are sure going to have a lot of e-mail to go through... :)  Also, who's
to say that if somebody _really_ wanted to get a file by you, they wouldn't
forge some e-mail? It's certainly easy enough to do... It would be easier
to just inspect the files themselves (at least, this is what I do here
at Caltech) to make sure they're legitimate. 

>2) Only cba2 posts which are posted by the author will be kept.  All others
>will be zapped unless the author e-mails apple2pd or me permission to keep
>the posts.

Ouch. A little bit severe, isn't this?

>For now, the caltech, umich, wustl apple2 mirrors will remain.  I'll leave
>it up to their admins to police their sites.

There will most certainly be no "police state" set up on Caltech's site. I
will continue to do what I have been doing for the past year and a half, which
is checking the files and using my own (IMHO relatively good) judgement. :)

>I hope this makes grind a more secure archive site.  I don't want any more
>legal hassles.  I'm sorry my lax judgement almost cost a2 users the grind
>apple2 drive they so graciously gave donations for.

>I hope better days lie ahead!  Apple II forever!

>  --Steve  (steven-nelson@uiowa.edu)
>           (apple2pd@grind.isca.uiowa.edu)

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