If I where you I would check if the author has file lists from his bb3 and bb4.
Could be possible you only need a few files to get to run AIAB.
http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/bbag4.htm
nice tips
http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/TechDetails2.htm
He also makes better workbench a minimalistic (a500) workbench enhancement.
Good idea, at a later date though. However I wouldn't use that workbench enhancement per say, I would only adapt AIAB to accept those files.
[Edit3] I think doing this without requiring an actual OS disk might cause some legal shenanigans or other problems down the road. So as far as the AIAB website and distributions are concerned I think it would be prudent to stick with the requirement of an original disk.
It is not Illegal however to describe how to do it. So if someone wanted to produce a document on the procedure then they should go for it.
The legal side of things:I have read some of Jaybee's comments saying that no illegal files are contained in the archives after version 1.6. So to be on the safe side, any version prior to V2 will not be hosted on the new site.
I am at the moment checking every install and archive through to installation to make sure that no roms are included and that the workbench disk is requested and that a copy process is fulfilled. These archives have been in the wild too long and I want to make sure they are 100% legal as Jaybee went to a lot of work to make them so.
As far as apps like DOpus v4 are concerned, Jaybee got permission to distribute these apps with his AIAB distributions, as long as the archives etc are unmodified then those permissions still stand. The only difference is they are being hosted on another server.
Note: I don't count restoring an archive/file to it's original state as a modification.
The above paragraph should also apply to the gamepacks. However I personally am not interested in providing updated or new gamepacks. It's the workbench enhancements/Site updates that are my focus on this project.
As far as new updates/versions etc, are concerned, permissions will have to be renewed because they have a new maintainer. Out of respect and courtesy permissions will also be re-requested for the old files.
I wonder if anyone is in contact with Jaybee. It would be good to get his blessing for all this. Maybe I should try his old eMail address.
One other thing, I like Acknowledgement pages/sections so those that have or will contribute get a mention.
FOL do you want to host only zip and tar.gz archives and ditch the rar and 7z files as they are just duplicates of the zip archive. It won't delay anything if you do.
Also the DOpus installation comes with a readme from Jaybee stating that DOpus 4.x did in fact Become open-sourced under the GPL. The original binaries where not however allowed to be redistributed. As stated in the readme Jaybee got permission to redistribute the original binaries.
However as you know no such restriction can be placed on a recompiled set of binaries if the GPL'ed open-sourced code is used.
If need be I will do that recompile, let's hope not.
[Edit] It's already been done, DOpus416JR on aminet. I think we will use that one.
[Edit2] I use a file manager extensively so future updates may contain a lot of DOpus updates from Aminet.
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