"Chris Hancock" <chris2048 at hotmail.com> writes: > >What was your first post again? > > The one about nodes contacting others before delet... > Ah, Ill just re-post it: > > Hmm, is this or is this list not about freenet? > I just joined this mailing list, and see little yet relevant to it? > Herbal V?...
Oh, that's why no one responded. > My question is this, > surely files deletion from servers, or nodes, is fine, > as long as the files doesn't get TOTALLY wiped, or become "extinct", > could a server possibly find a certain file on another node, > before it deems it safe to delete, this way at leat 1 a server will always > carry a copy of a certain file? > also, possibly, if a server finds no identical copies on other nodes, it > could send it to a "safe" node, or storage node, > one that only other nodes can acess, to request rare files?... No. We want things to get deleted. Otherwise Freenet will quickly fill up with junk and become useless. Permanent files require a reputation system to ensure resource allocation based on demand. > Also, are there any plans to limit file types on freenet, > to maintain consistency, > EG. if you allowed HTML web pages, > these could be used for creating webpage alike pages, > with links to other keys, > even pictures (linked from keys), > or even just a plain, text only document, and all range within? How do you propose we do that? > But surely these restrictions would bea form of censorship? > not really, it would maintain functionality, > but, also, if Zip files where also "allowed", > than ANY type of file could be zipped and distributed?... So what would be the point of limiting file types? -S _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
