On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 07:46:51PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for my package stripclub, an online comic > reader and archiver. It supports the vast majority of webcomics so far > tested, though a few kinks still exist, mostly dealing with server > oddities. The package was built with pbuilder (sid), and is lintian clean. > > Package Name : stripclub > Version : 0.6.1 > Upstream Author : "Benjamin Cutler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/stripclub/ > License : GPL > Description : Downloads, archives, and displays comic images from > websites
Ahem. You DO know that tools like this one are actively damaging online comic creators? Most of them are getting a fair share of their revenue from ad sales, which stripclub, komics etc. pp. are bypassing, or merchandise, which the user of stripclub will not know about since s/he is never visiting the site. This is a recurring theme, last seen on the UF board[0]. I'm not saying that this should not be packaged. There may be users who can't get their daily fix otherwise. But I think they should be damn well aware what they are doing. If that means plastering a warning across a splash/nag screen, amen. The rest of us, please support online comics. I for myself want them to stay. Bye, Nick [0] http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20040407&tid=1118150 -- x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | Registered Linux User #316237 at http://counter.li.org | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nicolas Kratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x
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