Thoughs about Putting Downloads on your website ?

Homesmart · 01-08-2005, 06:28 PM

First off i want to thank everyone for the constructive feedback that we received on our site and im gladd to see that it was genuinely positive. As a Second part to this, I was wondering what people thought about putting a download section out on our site. I posted a review on another board (cnet) and got a response from one of the cnet moderators stating that Downloads have to come from either a Liscensed Download site like download.com (cnet) or from the developers site directly. We only put out freeware packages and software so as not to violate and policies and i toook that other forum moderator's response to be more of a ploy for us to direct traffic to cnet but now that im thinking about it, im not sure, so what's the common consesus ? is it wrong or illegal to have our download section ?

zkiller · 01-08-2005, 07:06 PM

i guess it really depends on what exactly you want to have in this download section of yours.

StephanieCordray · 01-08-2005, 09:09 PM

Read the license... sometimes they allow free distribution, sometimes they don't... if they don't, don't put it up for download but link to them as a recommended download.

***ian*** · 01-08-2005, 11:50 PM

Best to contact the authors of the particular software and ask them first.
Doftware downloads could end up being very expensive in terms of bandwith consumption.

StephanieCordray · 01-09-2005, 04:13 AM

dang it... if y'all keep posting everytime I post, I'll never catch up...

not that it matters, lol... cuz they're always good points.

01-08-2005, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Homesmart New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5	Thoughs about Putting Downloads on your website ? First off i want to thank everyone for the constructive feedback that we received on our site and im gladd to see that it was genuinely positive. As a Second part to this, I was wondering what people thought about putting a download section out on our site. I posted a review on another board (cnet) and got a response from one of the cnet moderators stating that Downloads have to come from either a Liscensed Download site like download.com (cnet) or from the developers site directly. We only put out freeware packages and software so as not to violate and policies and i toook that other forum moderator's response to be more of a ploy for us to direct traffic to cnet but now that im thinking about it, im not sure, so what's the common consesus ? is it wrong or illegal to have our download section ? __________________ HomeSmart PC Computer Help Free Computer Forums - HomeSmart PC Website

01-08-2005, 07:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
zkiller Super Noob Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: position:relative Posts: 1,550	i guess it really depends on what exactly you want to have in this download section of yours. __________________ Stefan, the Post Master Track Devil - May the boost be with you!

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*ian* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,650	Best to contact the authors of the particular software and ask them first. Doftware downloads could end up being very expensive in terms of bandwith consumption. __________________ Computer Forum

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01-08-2005, 09:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
StephanieCordray Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,017	Read the license... sometimes they allow free distribution, sometimes they don't... if they don't, don't put it up for download but link to them as a recommended download.

01-09-2005, 04:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
StephanieCordray Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,017	dang it... if y'all keep posting everytime I post, I'll never catch up... not that it matters, lol... cuz they're always good points.