Fixing the download mirrors @ GCW...

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As everyone has noticed by now: we are having download mirror problems for about the past week

We know that the mirrors are down so please do not mail is that they are

The problem has been fixed for now but it will surely happen again as the amount of visitors is getting bigger, thus creating so much traffic (> 30Mbit/s). This is quite hard to maintain without real financial backing... (donations are still VERY welcome).

As we do NOT want to be a members only systems where members will have to pay a monthly fee to be able to download, we are seeking other means to keep GCW "alive" and free.

One of the idea's is to use eDonkey for sharing the small files but we think this will mean that most of the files will not be available anymore after about 3 months or so. But this is a start.
For this to work we need code in perl or php to generate the ed2k hash which is needed to create the ed2k link. If anyone has this code let us know!

Another one is using BitTottent but this will die so much sooner as it too much centralized to a single tracker

If anyone has a better idea or solution let us know! And do not be scared if you think that your solution is not good enough to tell!