[sdiy] - Service Manual Project -

[Mo Rosati]

( 5th try posting ...this time with URL's removed in Legal section... )
Is ANYONE getting this??


Hi,
 
I wanted to thank everyone for their valuable help, suggestions, general
in-sight & volunteering of services / files.
No doubt, every concern is valid & deserves some careful thought.  At
this point, it's actually a little overwhelming but a very interesting
challenge to say the least.
 
-- Legal --
 
Rainer: " copyright expires after 50-70 years " is this in references to
the USA specifically ?
 
I wonder if sites that openly SELL vintage service manuals have legal
clearance?
eg:
ManualManor, musicparts.com etc.,
 
 
-- Sale of Archive on Evil bay etc. -- 
 
Unfortunately, this is an inevitable side effect & I don't think there
would be anyway at all to stop this type of activity.
 
 
-- Centralized vs. Distributed -- 
 
Obviously, I think the advantages of a large centralized archive are
numerous.  
I think that one of the biggest benefits of this project is that it
allows the pooling / sharing of individual resources & bringing it all
together in ONE spot ( mirrors aside ) for everyone to benefit on a
worldwide basis.  
The keywords... Centralized, Organized & Available..... Like I mentioned
earlier.. the Napster of Vintage Service Manuals
 
 
-- Client / Server Model vs. Peer to Peer ( Bit Torrent ) -- 
 
This is an interesting one, with many advantages & dis-advantages for
both models.  
My own personal experiences are based on the Client / Server Model ( eg.
1 or 2 main FTP servers with 3 to 4 mirrored servers ), so I always tend
to lean in that direction but ...never say never... It's very difficult
to accurately estimate the size this archive, but I'm sure it would be
substantially large, which I think would more of an argument towards the
Client / Server Model.
 
 
The discussion continues...
 
Thanks,
Mo