[exelist] Fw: Sudden Discharge needs your help with the archives

["Hanno Boeck" <hanno@...>]

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From: The Archivist <archivist@...>
To: packer-cryptor-unpacker authors+collectors
<archivist@...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 9:18 AM
Subject: Sudden Discharge needs your help with the archives


> Sudden Discharge (www.suddendishcarge.com), the world's largest online
> collection of runtime encryption, compression and unpacking tools, is
> looking to document the history of the field by launching a massive new
> project to collect all versions of every packer, cryptor and unpacker ever
> written.
>
> This effort will come in two main thrusts:
> 1. searching, digging out and hunting down old verions
> 2. setting up relations with authors to automatically receive new versions
>
> You are being given a special preview of the new sections because you are
in
> the best position to help us reach our goal, being either the author of a
> program already on SuddenDischarge or suspected of having a large
> packer/unpacker collection.
>
>
> Looking for old versions:
> Anyone can help out here, whether it's digging through your collection or
> using ftpsearch to hunt missing versions. We are looking for every
release,
> beta, alpha, pre-alpha, and hack possible. I would also like to encourage
> authors to submit the sourcecode to their old programs as this will help
to
> better document the progress of the field. Currently we are missing
several
> versions that I know many of you have, like Protect! 1.1 and the ancient
EXE
> compressor LEXEM.
>
>
> Getting new versions:
> There is no way I can track down all the new releases by all the authors
on
> my own. This is where I would appreciate it if you would send them
directly
> to me. What would be ideal is if you could also send alphas/private
> versions/betas to me as you write them. Of course I realize that you do
not
> want them posted right then, so I came up with two ways for you decide
when
> they will be released.
>
> soft dates: are based on the next public release. For instance, if you
send
> me 'Super Protector 1.0 alpha 2', you could specify that it not be
released
> until 'Super Protector 1.0 final' comes out or x days/months thereafter
>
> hard dates: these apply if that next public release never comes. For
> instance a hard date of 1 year would mean that it could be posted in 1
year,
> regardless of whether the next version had come out. I would hope
everything
> would come with a hard limit of 3 years or less
>
> These are only suggestions designed to help work out an acceptable
solution.
> You ultimately have the final say in what is distributed. If you put a
hard
> limit of a year on a program, and then later decide you don't ever want it
> posted, I will respect your wishes.
>
> This is your chance to have your work saved for posterity.
>
>
> So start poking around the dusty corners of your harddrive and see what
you
> can come up with.
>
> You can see what (little) we have so far here:
> http://www.suddendischarge.com/Compressors-all.html
> http://www.suddendischarge.com/Encryptors-all.html
> http://www.suddendischarge.com/Decompressors-all.html
>
> Thanks and happy hunting,
>
>
> The Archivist
>
>
> P.S. Sudden Discharge will be switching name servers this week, so you may
> not be able to connect until the changes filter down from internic.
>
> P.P.S. Send all files to 'staff@... and include a note
like
> one of those below
>
> [for old files]
> Program: Protect!
> Version: 1.1
>
> [for new files]
> program: Super Duper Protector
> version: 0.999.314159 pre-alpha
> date: Dec 3, 1999
> author: Chris Cryptor
> soft date: 3.5 days after 1.0 final
> hard date: 6 months (Jun 3, 2000)
> you can post that you have this version and when it will be available: yes
> special conditions: If Fiji ever wins the World Cup, it must be pulled and
> never put back up.
>
>