Hi Andrea,

What Rune is concerned about (I think) is a link that connects directly to his .zip
file.  What Rune has not told you is that I offer my veiwers both a link to the
page AND to the file.  This gives those that are curious an easy way to see the
source of the file (screenshots, description, etc.) as well as a quick way to
obtain just the file without having to open another browser window.  Rune's file is
(correction:  WAS) one of a simple, alphabetically organized list of over 100
various povray include and macros.   It was my intention to allow those that wished
to collect several different includes to have an easy way to do it all from one web
page, instead of actually having to visit hundreds of different sites in search of
a useful file.

Live long and prosper :)

October

Andrea Ryan wrote:

> Is a direct link a link that takes you to the page that links to the file?  Why
> is this undesirable?
> Brendan Ryan
>
> Rune wrote:
>
> > A while ago I found a POV-Ray related website with link to various
> > resources. I saw that there was linked to the pages containing the
> > resources, but there was also linked directly to the resources, which is not
> > generally accepted on the net, when permission is not granted.
> >
> > The page is at:
> >
> > http://www.crosswinds.net/~teammbs/vault.html
> >
> > 20 days ago I wrote an e-mail to him, telling him what's wrong, and asking
> > him (politely I think) to remove the direct links. I didn't get a reply, and
> > the page remained the same.
> >
> > 5 days later I asked him the same again, and said that if he needed some
> > time to change the page I wouldn't mind, but I would at least like to hear
> > from him. Still nothing happened.
> >
> > So what can I do now? I don't like him linking directly to my resources, and
> > I'm sure many other feel the same.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Rune
> >
> > ---
> > Updated April 25: http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk
> > Containing 3D images, stereograms, tutorials,
> > The POV Desktop Theme, 350+ raytracing jokes,
> > miscellaneous other things, and a lot of fun!

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