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Dan Carroll
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Need a Good File Hosting Site

I know, old topic. But relevant and times do change. Where is a good place to host a portable app for download when the app isn't open source. This one is freeware.

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Good Job

Few problems and possible solutions

In order to package it you would need permission of the author of program, even though it is freeware. Otherwise would have to create an online installer.

As for places, some use dropbox or google drive, I have used mediafire. Choice is really yours, key is to have it packaged in PAF form still would require permission of app

Something like this I had of Sppedyfox https://portableapps.com/node/32020 which showed permission from http://forums.crystalidea.com/viewtopic.php?uid=832&f=9&t=433&start=0 in fourth and fifth comment

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License Seems to Be Open for Packaging and Distributing

License Agreement

Copyright (c) 2015 Fatih Kodak

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

Dan "FloriDan" Carroll
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Be careful with that.

Be careful with that.

The creator has copy-pasted the MIT license, but his site also says the app is freeware (not open source).

He may have intentionally done so for some weird reason, but he also may not understand the license properly. We have had problems with developers in the past who didn't understand the license they released their app under.

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