I am still getting it... :-/ On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
> > > On 05/05/2015 08:36 AM, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > >> 2015-05-05 5:37 GMT+03:00 Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org>: >> >>> I just tried to download Maven and randomly selected a download mirror; >>> >>> http://apache.petsads.us/maven/maven-3/3.3.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz >>> >>> But get presented with a captcha, and I think that is not >>> expected/allowed >>> since it might break automated tools. >>> >>> >> Good question. >> >> For information: >> >> The captcha on that site is shown by CloudFlare, that serves as a >> proxy for them, >> https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing >> >> Maybe there was a reason for it. >> >> http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html >> "How to become a mirror" - does not say anything about captchas, >> though it says "Your mirror must not be shown "inside" another site >> using, for instance, frames." >> > > > Pretty sure that > > You must not modify the mirrored tree in any way. In particular, > HEADER.html and README.html files must not be altered or removed ; see > below for adding sponsor information. > > covers this behavior. > > The reason that the site doesn't mention captchas was that the term didn't > exist when this document was written. However, "modify" is general enough > that it's covered. > > For whatever it's worth, I don't get a captcha at that URL - I get the > expected file. Probably some transitory problem that has since cleared up. > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
