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News

• Walkerma said Will you be able to set up for a January release via the BitTorrent network?. Let's get started/ready/going.
• A good part of the talk page was archived. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Archives

• Archive 1-Trying to get the torrent to work.
• Archive 2-More...
• Archive 3-More.
• Archive 4-Ironing out wrinkles.

Meeting

Does anyone feel the need to have a meeting about this project through irc. I wouldn't mind talking for a meeting, err typing. I thought we could use the wikipedia 1.0 channel. Its on the Version 1.0 editorial team. I'm there right now, until they kick me off. I am 'nominaladversary' Nominaladversary 04:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

That's at Channel: #wikipedia-1.0. Walkerma 06:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Version 0.5 update

Just thought I'd keep you abreast of developments at Wikipedia:Version 0.5. Linterweb, a French company, is planning to release 2000-10000 CDs during January. It was delayed a little in order to hire a developer, but he has now started work. The CD will include a search engine and a set of navigational pages (some of these are ready). I believe everything (including the software) will be available for the free download under GFDL. Will you be able to set up for a January release via the BitTorrent network? Thanks, and Happy New Year, Walkerma 05:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

ER, the software will be GFDL? Was that a mis-statement on your part or are they really going to release software under a license written specifically for software documentation? — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 19:40, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that's probably my mistake (I don't really follow the copyright laws very well), but my understanding is that the software can be freely included with the distribution. I'll check up on the details. Walkerma 06:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, just making sure. GPL is probably the appropriate license for the software itself. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 16:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's GPL, I confirmed it. Walkerma 19:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Linterweb isn't going to bundle anything are they?

Sorry, for not answering your inquiries, yes we can get started on the 0.5 release right away. And thank you for the update as well as the good news of the CD release.Nominaladversary 23:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

The release is being held up at the moment (things beyond our control), but we are getting closer to publication. We will be able to include the reader in with the download, as far as I understand - that was a big reason for working with a small French software company. I'd guess now at a February CD release (with downloading available shortly afterwards), but I can't be sure. I'll let people here know as soon as we are ready. Walkerma 04:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

When 0.5 gets released

Will the members of this project get notified before the torrent is made public so we have time to download the CD before everyone else, or will we just join the swarm and hope for the best? I think we should get notified, because that should increase the download speed for everyone.

A possible way to do this would be to create a torrent which is made available to us, but not any major torrent indexes. After we've all downloaded the files, we can submit the torrent to the index sites. Ultra-Loser ^{[ T ] [ C ]} 04:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)