Just a thought inspired by the recent RulesDuJour et al discussion: a Subversion / CVS repository for the SARE rules might solve several problems at once.
o Users could easily keep their rules up-to-date. o Traffic would be kept at the required minimum, because no files would be downloaded unnecessarily. o Anonymous users could be subjected to rate delimiters. o Authenticated users (subscribers, donators) could be allowed to have access without rate delimiters. Should there be abuse from authenticated users, it could easily be traced.
I haven't yet thought about this in detail, but I believe repositories would be a Good Thing(TM). Besides, the Apache Group already has the infrastructure and experience for this kind of repositories; have a look at <http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html>.
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