[OOTB-hive] Downloading Alfresco Community Edition

[Boriss Mejias]

Very well then, so we are OK on this point. Adding the checksum will help
to clarify that they are exactly the same binaries, and if we ever
repackage it with something changed, we will change the name as well to
explicitly tell the difference with the binaries provided by Alfresco.

Thanks Richard for the prompt reply.
cheers
Boriss


On 16 June 2014 16:34, Richard Esplin <richard.esplin at alfresco.com> wrote:

> Alfresco management recently changed the way downloads work. I'm still
> gathering data to make my case to restore the old functionality.
>
> When they made the decision, I pointed out that people can still download
> Community Edition from other places (such as Source Forge) without going
> through our email gate. They made clear that they understood that and did
> not
> consider it a problem. I have been able to defend the wiki pages for
> historical downloads, but it is still a point of active discussion.
>
> The reduced functionality of the download (no zip) is supposed to be
> corrected
> shortly.
>
> I believe our trademark license allows you to redistribute unchanged
> Community
> Edition binaries. Alfresco does not have a problem with you offering the
> downloads in a manner that is more convenient for your purposes, so long
> as no
> one is confused about the source of the software. If management complains
> in
> the future, it gives them another nudge to fix the official download page
> to be
> more convenient.
>
> Thanks for asking for my opinion,
>
> Richard
>
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> On Monday, June 16, 2014 14:26:24 Boriss Mejias wrote:
> > Hi Richard and members of the Order of the Bee,
> >
> > One thing at the time, and here I'd like to discuss the download of the
> > Alfresco Community Edition.
> >
> > Richard, I need your opinion on this. On the current state, to download
> the
> > Community Edition, you need to provide your email, and then you get a
> link
> > that brings you to site where you have to click again, until you get the
> > real link to download the software. The link only send you to the .bin
> > file, not to the .zip file.
> >
> > When we will have our web site ready (for the OOTB), it would be nice to
> > have a direct link to download Alfresco Community edition without having
> to
> > provide an email, as it was before. And that together with download links
> > to different version of the software. This can help a lot the
> installation
> > scripts that needs to do this automatically.
> >
> > What would be the impact of this? I'm pretty sure Alfresco Sales won't be
> > happy, but the distribution of the software is a fundamental thing.
> What's
> > your opinion on this?
> >
> > cheers
> > Boriss
>
>
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