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Their attitude can be summed up as "it's on the internet, it's ours to take". Ok, oversimplified, but that's the essence, no? So, dear archiveteam, please reme
by perlgeek 16y ago
Their attitude can be summed up as "it's on the internet, it's ours to take". Ok, oversimplified, but that's the essence, no?
So, dear archiveteam, please remember that when I put a server on the internet, it's a voluntary and public service, and putting 'Disallow:' lines in the robots.txt means that I set some rules. It's just rude to ignore those rules, whatever you motivations are.
You have no right to access my content, just as you have no right to walk into my house. If I invite you, please behave.
- _delirium 16y agoThe analogies here always end up all over the map, but the walking-into-a-house one seems pretty off. The service is set up for anonymous public access, run by an automated process designed to service requests, and faces a public thoroughfare. If we have to make IRL analogies, that sounds closer to a vending machine or other kiosk on the side of a road. In that case, you probably wouldn't have much faith in whether people will follow any instructions you tape to the machine.