On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:52 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 16:29, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > What exactly is your concern from the project collected anonymous stats > > > from mirrors logs on the server side? I cant see any reason why you > > > would want to avoid that. If you do, use a local mirror. > > > > I don't personally have a problem with this so I can't elaborate, but > > I've seen others suggest a privacy concern that should probably be > > respected. > > Surely this is easy enough to resolve? If Fedora publish the script that is > used to harvest the IP and do whatever is required, surely it would be simple > enough for anyone who needs to, to check that their privacy is preserved? > After all, this is one of the main arguments in favour of Open Source > Software. Do a google on "adclick" to see just what users concerns might be, abuse happens. You're completely correct that an OpenSource model be used. -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
