Uwe,
do you have some mechanism to check these URLs if they still make sense?
It's very likely that the URLs change, while we're not having a new, fixed version out, or that we don't notice when a vendor renames or removes URLs.
I think we should refrain from using URLs to vendor sites in our software like this. For actuality, and for legal reasons.
just my 2ct
Stefan
{ "Abit", "IS-10", "http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAM..." },
- { "ASRock", "K7VT4A+", "http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7VT4A%%2b&s=" },
- { "ASUS", "A7V600-X", "http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=L2XYS0rmtCjeOr4k" },
- { "ASUS", "M2N68", "http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=iDZQ9yNK2CbKW6Zv%22%7D, { "ASUS", "M3N78 Pro", "http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=DVvm9CU0G1bCC4gp" }, { "ASUS", "MEW-AM", "ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/sock370/810/mew-am/" }, { "ASUS", "MEW-VM", "http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/OEM/HP/manual/ASUS%20MEW-VM.htm" },
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 08:49:20PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
do you have some mechanism to check these URLs if they still make sense?
Not right now, but I (or someone else) can check from time to time, or we can use one of the many URL-checker perl scripts that are around to check if they're 404.
It's very likely that the URLs change, while we're not having a new, fixed version out, or that we don't notice when a vendor renames or removes URLs.
I think we should refrain from using URLs to vendor sites in our software like this. For actuality, and for legal reasons.
Hm, I don't see any legal issues here, it's just URLs for informational purposes of the users (just like those on http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards).
Some of the links may break, yes, but even an old link is still useful for pasting into archive.org (but should be fixed to the new URL -- if any -- when we notice breakage, of course).
Uwe.
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Stefan Reinauer -
Uwe Hermann