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- UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS
- ======================
-
- To those who never fully read the README's: Upload foo.readme for foo.lha,
- where foo.readme contains they keyword Short: plus a 40 character
- description on the first line. Don't upload if CD releasees are a problem.
-
- All others please read below instructions carefully, or your upload is in
- danger of being deleted. Uploading to Aminet is a bit more complicated
- than to other places since it's a network of sites and provides more info
- about files. It's a bit of work for you, but it saves a lot of hassle to
- the many, many downloaders.
-
-
- WHAT TO UPLOAD
- --------------
-
- This FTP site is intended for the distribution of any type of freely
- distributable software. However, due do copyright laws and internet
- provider restrictions, we have to set the following conditions:
-
- DO NOT UPLOAD:
- - Commercial software
- - Files from the Commodore Workbench disks
- - Software that is not OK to distribute on CD (see below for exceptions)
- - Samples from copyrighted CD's, TV or radio broadcasts
- - Musical mods that are cover versions from copyrighted songs
- - Images or animations from copyrighted image sources
- - Images depicting persons who didn't agree with the distribution
- - Images of sexual content
- - GNU software without sources
- - Strong cryptography (key length >40 bit)
- - DMS files
-
- Please respect these conditions, or you could bring Aminet in danger of
- being shut down.
-
-
- WHERE TO UPLOAD
- ---------------
-
- Aminet consists of about 20 FTP sites and 60 BBSes that exchange their files.
- The center of the net is wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]. If possible,
- upload there. Most other sites (ftp.uni-paderborn.de recommended for
- Europeans) forward the files to that site and delete them locally, they'll
- be mirrored back later. Do not upload the same file to multiple Aminet sites.
-
- There are two upload directories on Aminet sites:
-
- pub/aminet/new for public uploads
- pub/aminet/priv for private uploads (local to this site)
-
- Uploads in new/ that have no .readme will be deleted since they could be
- commercial or otherwise suspect. If your upload appears in RECENT
- within 4 days, everything was fine (don't delete your copy before that
- happens!). If not, contact aminet@wuarchive.wustl.edu
-
- If you provided an Uploader: field, you'll get a mail if we deleted your
- upload for any reason (e.g. because it was corrupt).
-
-
- PUBLIC UPLOADS
- --------------
-
- The main difference between Aminet and most other ftp sites is that all
- uploads have a description. They're collected automatically and listed in
- RECENT and INDEX. These short (40 characters) descriptions come from the
- .readme files uploaded along with the binaries.
-
- Whenever you upload something, create .readme file for it. An example:
- Along with PictureView.lha you would upload PictureView.readme. That file
- could look about like this (no blank lines at the start, and don't
- include the CUT HERE lines):
-
-
- --------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------------
- Short: Shows JPEG & IFF pics. AGA support. V1.2
- Uploader: umueller@amiga.icu.net.ch (Urban Mueller)
- Author: umueller@amiga.icu.net.ch (Urban Mueller)
- Type: gfx/show
-
- This all new picture displayer is capable of showing almost any image
- type in any resolution. Main features include:
- - Scrolling screens
- - CLI and WB interface
- ......
- --------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------------
-
- The meaning of these fields is:
-
- Short: is the only mandatory field, and has to be in the first
- line. It lets you specify a 40 character description of your
- upload, that will be seen and INDEX and RECENT so everyone
- can easily learn about your upload. Don't repeat the file
- name here, but if several versions of your archive exist,
- specify the version number here. Try to explain what the
- program *does*. Music should specify the style.
-
- Uploader: lets you indicate your email address so we can contact you
- if something goes wrong (and this happens more often than
- you think). Please always provide it.
-
- Author: is the place where you can indicate who created the piece of
- software you uploaded.
-
- Type: is the place where you can propose a directory where the file
- should be moved. Check the file TREE for possible subdirs.
-
-
- Now for some completely optional fields:
-
- Kurz: is the German version of Short:
-
- Replaces: lets you specify files that are superseded by your upload.
- Give full path, e.g. biz/patch/PageStreamPatch*
-
- Requires: other archives that your upload needs to work, with full
- path. Also name OS, mem and chipset requirements here.
-
- Version: the version number of your upload. Don't use version
- numbers in files names if possible.
-
- Distribution: lets you specify where your upload is OK to distribute.
- If you specify the 'NoCD' keyword here, your upload will
- not appear on the CD's made of this site. If you specify
- 'Aminet', you only give Aminet the distribution permission.
-
- After a blank line, you may add a longer description, that could for
- example be the README found inside the archive. Don't rely on people
- downloading the .readme file, the info found there should be in the
- archive, as well.
-
- Notes:
- - If your upload requires a language other than English, please mention
- that language in the Short: description.
- - You can overwrite old versions of your uploads by uploading again
- using the same file name. This is the preferred way to do updates.
-
-
- FILE NAME CONVENTIONS
- ---------------------
-
- The maximum file name length is 18 characters including the archiver suffix
- (.lha). Mixed case is OK, but it should be mainly lowercase. If your
- file name is generic (ls, pipe), append your initials (pipe-JU). Version
- numbers are better in the Short: descriptions than in the file name. Also,
- please do not upload in any other file format than .lha except for .jpg
- and .mpg files, which can be uploaded without putting them in archives.
- By adhering to these rules you can save a lot of beginners a lot of trouble.
-
-
- CHECK LIST
- ----------
-
- - Are the archives okay? Use UNIX LhA to find out.
- - Is there a .readme for *every* file you are about to upload?
- - Are the base names of the .readme and the archive the same? Same case?
- - Are all archive names 18 characters or shorter?
- - Is there a Short: and if possible an Uploader: field in the .readme's?
- - Does none of the archives contain copyrighted or Workbench material?
- - Is the archive free of BBS ads?
-
- Thanks for checking, you're saving us a lot of work.
-
-
- PRIVATE UPLOADS
- ---------------
-
- You may upload files that are not meant to be available to the public to
- /amiga/priv. Files in there can not be listed, so you have to tell your
- partner the precise file name. Files remain available at least one week,
- much longer in most cases. Note that we don't give any warranties about
- the privacy of the files in there, encrypt them if you like.
-
-
-
- YOUR COMMENTS
- -------------
-
- If you have any comments about the policies given, or if you see
- suspicious, commercial or corrupt files, please immediately send mail
- to aminet@aminet.org
-