[Systems] [sverma at sfsu.edu: Re: [info at legaltorrents.com: [LegalTorrents] Your Content upload is complete]]

[Bernie Innocenti]

I guess this message has been flagged as urgent in my inbox for
long enough.  I'm unable to find the time to work on this, but it would
be great if Marten or someone else wanted to do the necessary work to
get the SoaS releases and snapshots automatically distributed by
bittorrent too.


El Mon, 03-08-2009 a las 12:04 -0700, Jonathan Dugan escribió:
> Hi David, Marten, Bernie,
> 
> Following up a (long belated) reply to this email.
> 
> http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/599-sugar-on-a-stick
> has been moved over to your Content Creator page, here:
> http://www.legaltorrents.com/creators/138-sugar-labs
> 
> This page could be edited to include tagline, description, photos,
> etc.  I believe David owns the record now, but it can mbe assigned to
> whoever will maintain it, and has an account on LegalTorrents.
> 
> 
> Please let us know what else we can do to assist.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Jonathan
> 
> --
> 
> Jonathan Dugan, PhD
> Matson Systems, Inc.
> (650) 799-5369
> http://www.matsonsystems.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:33:00PM -0500, David Farning wrote:
> > Thanks
> > 
> > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Jonathan Dugan<dugan at matsonsystems.com> wrote:
> > > Dear David,
> > >
> > > You're now a Content Creator on LegalTorrents!
> > >
> > > Please log into LegalTorrents, here
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com
> > >
> > > and create your new Content Creator profile, here
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com/creators/new
> > > for "Sugar Labs" or similar.
> > >
> > > You have existing content on LegalTorrents.  Once the Content Creator
> > > Account is set up, we will move these to the new account.
> > > (Torrent IDs: 599,)
> > 
> > I have created a stub account at
> > 
> > http://www.legaltorrents.com/creators/138-sugar-labs
> > 
> > I have cced Bernie our infrastructure co-coordinator and Marten our
> > mirror master to insure that we are keeping our mirror and torrent
> > goals and systems aligned.
> > 
> > Bernie, Marten
> > Would either of you be willing to maintain our torrents in conjunction
> > with LegalTorrents?
> > 
> > Working with CacheBoy and LegalTorrents will allow Sugar Labs to
> > spread bandwidth needs during peak download periods:)  Without the
> > over head of maintaining our own torrent server and master seeds.
> > 
> > Should we add LegalTorrent and CacheBoy to our sponsorship page at
> > http://www.legaltorrents.com/creators/138-sugar-labs ?
> > 
> > > You can edit this profile and add a title, tagline, description,
> > > images, urls and turn on Sponsorship from site visitors and members.
> > >
> > > You can read more from the public description of Sponsorship here:
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com/about/faq#sponsorship
> > > Details for Content Creators for sponsorship options are here:
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com/about/sponsorship_options
> > 
> > I need to check into this more before making a decision:)
> > 
> > > Once you create the new proile, you can upload your content by
> > > clicking the new link in the upper right "Post New Content".  After
> > > adding a title, description, and a license URL, you can upload the
> > > content.  Upload the full content, do not upload torrent files.
> > >
> > > Detailed uploading steps are here if you have trouble:
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com/about/upload
> > >
> > > Please do not label your content as "free" on LegalTorrents.
> > > All content can always be accessed without any payment.  We encourage
> > > a culture of voluntary sponsorship by users and members who love and
> > > want to support art and media creation.
> > 
> > I think I will personally pay for a membership and give it to Sugar Labs.
> > 
> > > Content you post will be linked under this new Content Creator record,
> > > separate from your User profile.  Please go into your user profile and
> > > update it with your full name and a photo, here:
> > > http://www.legaltorrents.com/users/12651/edit
> > >
> > > Please let us know if you have any questions.
> > >
> > thanks
> > david
> > 
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Jonathan
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Jonathan Dugan, PhD
> > > Matson Systems, Inc.
> > > (650) 799-5369
> > > http://www.matsonsystems.com
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:37:05PM -0500, David Farning wrote:
> > >> Jonathan,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for hosting LegalTorrents.  We got hit by traffic level about
> > >> 10,000% above normal yesterday.  Not really a bad problem unless you
> > >> work on the infrastructure side of the project....
> > >>
> > >> A little background on Sugar Labs[1].  Just over a year ago we spun
> > >> off from the One Laptop Per child project to focus our limited
> > >> resources on creating the Sugar Learning Platform.  The Platform runs
> > >> on any standard Linux distribution.  We are best known as the software
> > >> on the OLPC's XO and now Sugar on a Stick.
> > >>
> > >> On of our operational goals is to stay focused on developing
> > >> educational software and content.  We partner where we can to provide
> > >> other services.  Would Legal torrents be interested in hosting
> > >> torrents of our .isos, ,imgs. and other virtual machine images?
> > >>
> > >> By shifting as much download traffic to torrents as possible, we can
> > >> greatly reduce our bandwidth and hardware needs.
> > >>
> > >> My Legal Torrent # is users/12651
> > >>
> > >> I have cced Sameer our original point of contact and Bernie our
> > >> infrastructure team coordinator.
> > >>
> > >> david
> > >>
> > >> 1.  http://www.sugarlabs.org/
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Jonathan Dugan<dugan at matsonsystems.com> wrote:
> > >> > Hi David,
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Following up this chain below - when you get a LegalTorrents user
> > >> > account, please send feedback through the website or send me your user
> > >> > number and we'll like the existing content and provide you with a
> > >> > Content Creator account to maintain and upload new material.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> > Jonathan
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> >
> > >> > Jonathan Dugan, PhD
> > >> > Matson Systems, Inc.
> > >> > (650) 799-5369
> > >> > http://www.matsonsystems.com
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > ----- Forwarded message from Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> -----
> > >> >
> > >> > Subject: Re: [info at legaltorrents.com: [LegalTorrents] Your Content upload is
> > >> >        complete]
> > >> > From: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
> > >> > To: Jonathan Dugan <dugan at matsonsystems.com>
> > >> > Cc: David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
> > >> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:19:02 -0700
> > >> >
> > >> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Jonathan Dugan<dugan at matsonsystems.com> wrote:
> > >> >> Hi Sameer,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thank you - this looks great.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> We've been discussing an "Educational" category, and this seems like a
> > >> >> good fit.  While there are tons of open course ware materials,
> > >> >> typically already hosted by universities - do you know of other
> > >> >> resources or groups that would want to post open-licensed educational
> > >> >> content?  If you do
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Will do. I think torrenting edu content is terrific!
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Also, maintaining software is always time consuming.  Do you know the
> > >> >> folks at Sugar Labs?  Ideally we'd like to get someone from the
> > >> >> organization involved to maintain and update this content when the
> > >> >> software progresses with maintenance, security updates, etc.
> > >> >
> > >> > I've cc'd David Farning. It was originally his request, but his
> > >> > account wasn't ready yet, so I uploaded the build.
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Also, the descriptions on pages take a limited subset of HTML, so
> > >> >> a/href br and p tags all work.  As an example, one of our volunteers
> > >> >> Content Admins edited the description on
> > >> >> http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/599-sugar-on-a-stick to include
> > >> >> a working link and paragraph breaks.
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> > Looks great! Thank you :-)
> > >> >
> > >> > cheers,
> > >> > Sameer
> > >> > --
> > >> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > >> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > >> > San Francisco State University
> > >> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > >> > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > >> > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Regards,
> > >> >> Jonathan
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Jonathan Dugan, PhD
> > >> >> Matson Systems, Inc.
> > >> >> (650) 799-5369
> > >> >> http://www.matsonsystems.com
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> ----- Forwarded message from LegalTorrents Admin <info at legaltorrents.com> -----
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Subject: [LegalTorrents] Your Content upload is complete
> > >> >> From: LegalTorrents Admin <info at legaltorrents.com>
> > >> >> To: sverma at sfsu.edu
> > >> >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:09:29 +0000
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Hello Sameer Verma,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Your content has been uploaded, and the torrent creation and seeding are complete.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Please visit this URL to view the content page:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>  http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/599-sugar-on-a-stick
> > >> >>
> > >> >> To begin a download, click the "Download this torrent" link.
> > >> >> Please reply to this email if there are any issues with the download.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> > >> >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > David Farning
> > Sugar Labs
> > www.sugarlabs.org
>