[sac-forum] Re: [Fwd: Notification of software Beta release and requst for a link.]
- From: "Matt Luttinen" <mluttinen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:40:49 -0700
Stan,
I did not think to look at the downloads page. You have a point. Since
SAC
has links to HNSky and Astrobyte why not Astro Helper? It is an
interesting
situation. Does SAC "endorse" freeware only, or only those programs
which
have been developed with the direct help/support of SAC members?
I do not think it is a big deal, but any software on the SAC
links/downloads
pages amounts to a club endorsement of those products.
To my knowledge, HNSky and Astrobyte are not SAC-authored programs.
Others
would know more than me on this. Did SAC members "help" the authors of
these programs in any way? If so, then linking to them would make sense.
It's funny, Steve and I were discussing Han Kleijn's use of the SAC
database in HNSky at Sentinel last weekend. If I remember right, the use
of the SAC database has an informal, non-binding cost to the
distributor,
but that may be on for-purchase software only. Steve would know more
than me
on this.
Now I will be quiet and let members who know what they are talking about
take over this conversation.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cvsc1
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:53 PM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: [Fwd: Notification of software Beta release and
requst for a link.]
Hey all, Further info:
Had some correspondence with this individual.
He states his software will remain freeware due to data sources.
The program seems to work well (planetary data to be added soon)!
However Matt brings curiosity questions into this.
Are/were the current programs we have on the download page created by
members?
As this is a non-member request I can agree with Matt but wonder where
the line gets drawn.
I feel the programs we have listed on the downloads page are very good.
Were they created by members?
Stan Clark
>
>AJ,
>
>I think that it is not necessary to post a return link to this site.
>If Astro Helper was the only program using the SAC database I might
>feel different, but with it being the de-facto standard deep sky
>reference in many of the biggest software planetarii (is that a word?),
>SAC gains little by promoting this guy's work.
>
>And SAC is certainly under no "courtesy" obligation to create a
>reciprocal
>link, IMO.
>
>I also note that the SAC links page has no commercially released
>planetarii on it. I like this policy, even if it is implicit. Perhaps
it
>is time to make it explicit.
>
>Matt
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AJ Crayon
>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:43 PM
>To: SAC Forum
>Subject: [sac-forum] [Fwd: Notification of software Beta release and
>requst for a link.]
>
>Got the following request that contains a situation we haven't
discussed
>before. It is a request to post a link to another, non-SAC members,
>site. He is using the SAC database in his program and it is for that
>reason he is making the request.
>
>Spoke with Stan and he suggests the topic be taken up by SAC for a
>decision, hence this post to canvas members' opinions.
>
>I haven't had time to do a detailed check of this freeware product, but
>from the looks of his web site it does appear to be usable - albeit for
>DOB owners only.
>
>Thanks,
>aj
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Notification of software Beta release and requst for a link.
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:32:54 -0500
> From: "Mark C" <mcasazza@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I have used some of the data found on your sire in a program that I am
>releasing for Beta test this week. I have a pointer to your site in
the
>section that describes where I got my data. If it is at all possible,
>could you put a link to my site somewhere in your site. Also, feel
free
>to download the Beta version of the software or sign up to be notified
>when the beta testing is over. http://astrohelper.myvnc.com Thank
>you, Mark Casazza
>
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