File permissions.

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PeterJ
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Re: File permissions.

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Hi [mention]Joefish[/mention]

Our chosen solution is to allow any author to request text in the comments section, in a similar fashion to the text we will be adding for you. We also offer links to the authors website. We will of course remove any titles at the request of the author if they feel unable to accept the solution we have decided on. We aim to make a solution that is agreeable to the vast majority of our audience, but we will never please everyone. We are very open to suggestions, but can't say yes to everything. I believe we offer more options for authors than other large scale retro computing websites.

Whilst the downloads are stored on our server, the cmments field is stored within ZXDB (which is opensource rather than the alternative closed model) as this is a database driven site. This does mean that any site that uses ZXDB would display the same text if they used this field. Anyone is free to create their own website using ZXDB as it is free and without restriction or condition and is not subject to copyright. So the text should mention SC specifically if appropriate, as your requested comment does.

We are of course very open to discuss this 6 page thread further, but it does take us away from time we could be spending on the development of the site.

It's a good idea about grouping the types of downloads, and we can look into that. Thank you.
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Re: File permissions.

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Joefish wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:38 pmNo-one's asking for pop-ups or click-through confirmations. Just clearly display above or next to the game download a note of the license by which YOU are distributing it. At the moment you throw in the game download with the pictures, pokes etc, which frankly doesn't help anyone - half the time you can't tell if there's a game download amongst the files at all!
This is actually a good point!

Perhaps it has more to do with SC instead of ZXDB. Anyway I will chat with Peter and see what can be done about it.
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Re: File permissions.

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The distribution permissions given to an individual website clearly don't belong in the ZXDB being distributed. Though that's not to say there's any reason against ZXDB noting where stuff has been released into the public domain, and which companies which have blanket denied distribution etc. (though that is the default anyway if no license information to the contrary).
Trying to store a list of which sites have permission to distribute things within ZXDB seems like completely the wrong way to go about things to me. The sites should store the permissions they've been granted in their own database. (Potentially seeding it from titles that have been confirmed to be PD in ZXDB).
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No-one's asking for pop-ups or click-through confirmations. Just clearly display above or next to the game download a note of the license by which YOU are distributing it. At the moment you throw in the game download with the pictures, pokes etc, which frankly doesn't help anyone - half the time you can't tell if there's a game download amongst the files at all!
Yes, putting the game files together with pokes, maps, screens and so on is not clear at all

It would be much better if there would be two sections:

-game downloads
-additional data
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Re: File permissions.

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Either way I want some cool icons. Must have the cool icons.
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