Aside from the fact that it's GPL? -Kyle H
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:24:40AM +0100, Dirk Krause wrote: >> As soon as you buy it, the asset gets copied to your regions asset >> repository (if it is something that persists while you are not online, like >> a house maybe) and it goes into your personal repository when it's an >> attachement (like clothing). > > Speaking about asset repository, Tahoe v1.3 has recently been released > (see below). Are there any show-stoppers against using Tahoe for asset > storage? > > http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=20090214000500-92b7f-26d07f519c69a3e086ee4599620f6d2c0c9b2fcd > > ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3 > > We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.0 of "Tahoe", the > Least Authority Filesystem. > > Tahoe-LAFS is a secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant filesystem. All > of the source code is available under a choice of two Free Software, > Open Source licences. > > This filesystem is encrypted and distributed over multiple peers in > such a way it continues to function even when some of the peers are > unavailable, malfunctioning, or malicious. > > Here is the one-page explanation of the security and fault-tolerance > properties that it offers: > > http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html > > This is the successor to v1.2, which was released July 21, 2008 [1]. > This is a major new release, adding a repairer, an efficient backup > command, support for large files, an (S)FTP server, and much more. > > See the NEWS file [2] and the known_issues.txt file [3] for more > information. > > In addition to the many new features of Tahoe itself, a crop of related > projects have sprung up, including Tahoe frontends for Windows and > Macintosh, two front-ends written in JavaScript, a Tahoe plugin for > duplicity, a Tahoe plugin for TiddlyWiki, a project to create a new > backup tool, CIFS/SMB integration, an iPhone app, and three incomplete > Tahoe frontends for FUSE. See Related Projects on the wiki: [4]. > > > COMPATIBILITY > > The version 1 branch of Tahoe is the basis of the consumer backup > product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . > > Tahoe v1.3 is fully compatible with the version 1 branch of Tahoe. > Files written by v1.3 clients can be read by clients of all versions > back to v1.0 unless the file is too large -- files greater than about > 12 GiB (depending on the configuration) can't be read by older clients. > v1.3 clients can read files produced by clients of all versions since > v1.0. v1.3 servers can serve clients of all versions back to v1.0 and > v1.3 clients can use servers of all versions back to v1.0 (but can't > upload large files to them). > > This is the fourth release in the version 1 series. We believe that > this version of Tahoe is stable enough to rely on as a permanent store > of valuable data. The version 1 branch of Tahoe will be actively > supported and maintained for the forseeable future, and future versions > of Tahoe will retain the ability to read files and directories produced > by Tahoe v1 for the forseeable future. > > > WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? > > With Tahoe, you can distribute your filesystem across a set of > computers, such that if some of the computers fail or turn out to be > malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available, thanks to > the remaining computers. You can also share your files with other > users, using a simple and flexible access control scheme. > > Because this software is new, we do not categorically recommend it as > the sole repository of data which is extremely confidential or > precious. However, we believe that erasure coding, strong encryption, > Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe safer than > common alternatives, such as RAID, removable drive, tape, or "on-line > storage" or "Cloud storage" systems. > > This software comes with extensive unit tests [5], and there are no > known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data > integrity. (For all currently known issues please see the > known_issues.txt file [2].) > > This release of Tahoe is suitable for the "friendnet" use case [6] -- > it is easy to create a filesystem spread over the computers of you and > your friends so that you can share disk space and files. > > > LICENCE > > You may use this package under the GNU General Public License, version > 2 or, at your option, any later version. See the file "COPYING.GPL" > [7] for the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2. > > You may use this package under the Transitive Grace Period Public > Licence, version 1.0. The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence has > requirements similar to the GPL except that it allows you to wait for > up to twelve months after you redistribute a derived work before > releasing the source code of your derived work. See the file > "COPYING.TGPPL.html" [8] for the terms of the Transitive Grace Period > Public Licence, version 1.0. > > (You may choose to use this package under the terms of either licence, > at your option.) > > > INSTALLATION > > Tahoe works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, and Solaris, and > probably most other systems. Start with "docs/install.html" [9]. > > > HACKING AND COMMUNITY > > Please join us on the mailing list [10]. Patches that extend and > improve Tahoe are gratefully accepted -- the RoadMap page [11] shows > the next improvements that we plan to make and CREDITS [12] lists the > names of people who've contributed to the project. The wiki Dev page > [13] contains resources for hackers. > > > SPONSORSHIP > > Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [14], a provider of commercial > backup services. Allmydata, Inc. created the Tahoe project, and > contributes hardware, software, ideas, bug reports, suggestions, > demands, and money (employing several Tahoe hackers and instructing > them to spend part of their work time on this Free Software project). > Also they award customized t-shirts to hackers who find security flaws > in Tahoe (see http://hacktahoe.org ). Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for > their generous and public-spirited support. > > > Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn > on behalf of the allmydata.org team > > Special acknowledgment goes to Brian Warner, whose superb engineering > skills and dedication are primarily responsible for the Tahoe > implementation, and largely responsible for the Tahoe design as well, > not to mention most of the docs and many other things besides. > > February 13, 2009 > Boulder, Colorado, USA > > [1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=2789 > [2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS > [3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt > [4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects > [5] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev > [6] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/UseCases > [7] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL > [8] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.html > [9] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html > [10] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev > [11] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap > [12] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=2677 > [13] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev > [14] http://allmydata.com > > -- > Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
