AAST - Andrew's Anti Snooping Tool

Ok, but are you going to release it under an OSI-approved license?

Cool pic.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman

I looked at your site, or at least tried. First of all Blue text on Black doesn't work for these tired old eyes. The font size is small and can't be made larger with flash. So for some of us your site just won't do. Sites should be made so all users can view them!

Clair

Oh, I always have a copy of the latest Flash for "emergency purposes"

I just rename:
C:\PortableStuff\FirefoxPortable\Data\PluginsFlash
to
C:\PortableStuff\FirefoxPortable\Data\Plugins

and there it is. I would just choose to never use it and I let site owners know it. I find most sites work well enough with Flash turned off, and if they don't, well, their loss.

There is one sight which I sometimes go to which requires it that I deem worth the annoyances/hassles/risks of Flash.
Normally I find it a waste of bandwidth and code.

Actually, I've already bypassed your home page and gone straight into your AAST directory:

[Links removed by moderator RM: As per above]
etc, etc, etc.

Again, the site is poorly designed, you should at least put an index.html file in ALL your directories to prevent snooping

Anyway, I've already downloaded the program and the help file.
The help file gives a pretty good idea of what the program does.

Don't think I need it myself, when I'm at work I prefer to work

I may install it on a test machine at work just to give you feed back.

Thanks for pointing out that "the" install Can be done directly to the flash drive Sorry for confusing you with Knight-Reaper

I'll let someone else address the question of PA.com and the distribution of software where rights are retained.

All the best,
Tim

I wasn't talking to you :wink:. That was for Mr. Sleepy.

"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.
Tony Blair

Sleepy,

First let me say I know the barest minimum about open source licensing. There are a few kinds and I don't know the differences.

But what it fundamentally comes down to is people do not steal your code, You give them permission to use and modify it. You release your code to the world and say, "here it is, enjoy it, use it, improve it, make it better if you can, just give me credit for the original, AND be bound by the same rules [i.e. the modifiers of your code must release it to the world with the same permissions that you did, they must allow others to change and improve the code and give credit to the original creators].

Now for many people this is a hard pill to swallow,
"It's my baby, I don't want people to change it!"
And that's okay, that is your right, but it's not open source.

If it is your intent to sell this product or make money from it you should not release the code or enter into an open source license. Again this is your right, and no one should think less of you for it.

On Monday, after scanning your files with every Malware program known [one of the good things about open source is people can look at the code to ensure that there is nothing evil inside] I will consider the risks of trying it.

Please do not be discouraged by the questions and concerns.
Whoever pointed you to this site should have told you more about the types and nature of programs here.

I'll let the folks who know about the different licenses give you the specifics. I'm sure there is No fee involved. You just declare in the program or the code what license you are using [what rights you are giving up]. It's not a piece of paper or anything like that.

These should get you started:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

I think the last one is the one most used in discussions around here.

All the best,
Tim

I think it is really cool. AAST is very ingenious. I think though that in your installer that you should ask for what you want to install (USB or Local Computer or both).

"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.
Tony Blair

Different rule.

You are correct then.

He said it quite a few times now.

Ryan, when you do, remember I think Tim linked some pages in his reply up their.

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It's kinda scary when my desktop is messier than my room...

But I will give him one last chance. If the code isn't up by tomorrow, I will delete the links and lock the topic.
And yes Patrick, I know Tim linked to them
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