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- # /ftp/staff-docs/README.UPLOADER -- How to contribute to the archive
- #
- # Status: Draft
- # Author: staff@ftp.funet.fi
- # Created: Sat Aug 22 20:32:47 1992
- # Last modified: Sat Feb 6 11:45:16 EET 1993
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- INFORMATION FOR DATA UPLOADER
-
-
- CONTENTS:
-
- - Special account for upload users
- - Upload accepting areas (and people/lists whom
- to inform what you uploaded)
- - What is considered uploadable, and what is not
- - FTP server features regarding upload
- - What to do once you upload
- - What if you can't find an area for upload ?
-
-
- SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR UPLOAD USERS:
-
-
- $ ftp ftp.funet.fi
- Login: uploader
- Password: Your@email.address
- ...
- ftp> etc..
-
- That account is limited into STORE ONLY mode, NO RETRIEVALS.
- Only exceptions of that are README, and README.UPLOADER -files,
- which uploader can retrieve from any directory.
-
-
-
- UPLOAD ACCEPTING AREAS:
-
- Following areas accept incoming files (left column), and their respective
- administration group(s) that should be informed about those uploads (right
- column.) Addresses at right are valid at ftp.funet.fi, thus you must
- address "msdos-adm" as "msdos-adm@ftp.funet.fi".
-
- pub/NeXT/incoming next-adm
- pub/OS/Linux/*/incoming linux-adm
- pub/OS/Multinel/incoming arl
- pub/TeX/incoming tex-adm
- pub/X11/incoming xwindow-adm
- pub/amiga/gnu/gcc/port/incoming vinsci
- pub/amiga/incoming amiga-adm
- pub/amiga/X11/incoming vinsci
- pub/amiga/X11/port/incoming vinsci
- pub/astro/incoming astro-adm
- pub/atari/incoming atari-adm
- pub/cae/incoming cae-sw-adm
- pub/csc/incoming csc-adm
- pub/culture/chinese/incoming culture-adm
- pub/culture/incoming culture-adm
- pub/doc/OS/incoming arl,papers-adm
- pub/doc/incoming papers-adm
- pub/dx/incoming dx-adm
- pub/dx/text/incoming dx-adm
- pub/graphics/papers/incoming papers-adm
- pub/ham/incoming ham-adm
- pub/ham/packet/incoming ham-adm
- pub/languages/incoming languages-adm
- pub/lyhty/oppaat/incoming lake-opas-request
- pub/mac/incoming mac-adm
- pub/microprocs/incoming microprocs-adm
- pub/minix/incoming minix-adm
- pub/misc/gutenberg/incoming hsu
- pub/misc/hp150/incoming goodgulf,calculators-adm
- pub/misc/hp28s/incoming calculators-adm
- pub/misc/hp48sx/incoming calculators-adm
- pub/misc/hp95lx/incoming calculators-adm
- pub/misc/incoming misc-adm
- pub/misc/rec.radio.shortwave/incoming dx-adm
- pub/misc/roleplay/incoming kivinen
- pub/msdos/incoming msdos-adm
- pub/netinfo/incoming netinfo-adm
- pub/networking/incoming unix-adm
- pub/os2/incoming os2-adm
- pub/pics/gif/incoming gif-adm
- pub/pics/jpeg/incoming jpeg-adm
- pub/sci/graphics/incoming graphics-adm
- pub/sci/incoming sci-adm
- pub/sci/neural/incoming neural-adm
- pub/sci/papers/Incoming papers-adm
- pub/unix/386ix/*/incoming 386ix-adm
- pub/unix/apollo/incoming goodgulf
- pub/unix/hpux/incoming kim
- pub/unix/incoming unix-adm
- pub/unix/os9/incoming kim
- pub/unix/sgi/incoming suhonen
- pub/vms/incoming goodgulf
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-
-
- WHAT IS CONSIDERED UPLOADABLE, AND WHAT IS NOT:
-
- In principle we can accept anything that is `Freely distributable',
- or `Public domain'. Materials which are clearly under publication and
- distribution limiting copyrights somewhere (like scanned images from
- magazines - referring to GIF images independent of their `ratings') are not
- accepted -- unless you (uploader) provide acceptable proof of limit waiver
- for distribution using our methods. (Printed, signed letterhead or anything
- else juridically acceptable.)
-
- Also, for various ethical and political reasons the infamous X-rated
- GIF images are banned.
-
-
-
- FTP SERVER FEATURES REGARDING UPLOAD:
-
-
- All upload areas are with protection 777 - world writable.
- FTPD program writes all anonymously uploaded files with protection
- 062 - world writable, but not world nor owner readable.
- Thus ANONYMOUS will not see nor be able to fetch them.
- (At store time, file owner is FTP, but owners abilities over files
- are disabled in this case.)
-
- For short: UPLOADING IS ALLOWED, BUT ALL PRESENTATION MATERIAL
- MUST GO VIA MODERATORS. ALWAYS.
-
- This setup is enforced by disabling anonymous user from using following
- FTP protocol primitives:
- DELE, SITE CHMOD, RNFR, RNTO
-
- When file already exists - altough without being visible, STOR (put)
- is not accepted. You must try with another name.
-
-
- WHAT TO DO ONCE YOU UPLOAD:
-
- WHEN YOU UPLOAD. ALWAYS SEND MAIL TO AREA MODERATORS (mail aliases are
- listed above at chapter `UPLOAD ACCEPTING AREAS') ABOUT WHAT YOU STORED,
- WHERE, WHAT IT IS FOR, WHO MADE IT, WHO YOU ARE,... (What ever you think
- that might be usable to help our moderators to describe what is stored
- in here.)
-
- Within this system, everything that is visible has gone thru moderation
- effort. (or plain horrible errors/bugs on our software...)
-
-
-
- WHAT IF YOU CAN'T FIND AN AREA FOR UPLOAD ?
-
- If you want to upload something that doesn't have an area now, discuss
- about it with us. See above for all the mail lists/moderators that
- we at present have, and if none of AREAS is suitable, reach for `staff'
- people. (And be persistent, if you don't hear from us right away. Much
- work...)
-
- 17-Jan-1991, Matti Aarnio (one of the supervising administrators)
- 6-Mar-1993
-