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Welcome to the THC BBS H/P Files CD-ROM, formerly known as The Hackers
enCyclopedia!
Before you start looking around the directories on this CD-ROM, there are a
few things you need to know:
o Some of the files on this CD describe illegal activities. Whirlwind
Software does not encourage actually carrying out any illegal
activities. The files on this CD are for informational and discussion
purposes only. If you choose (unwisely) to carry out any illegal acts,
Whirlwind Software will not be held responsible.
o Whirlwind Software does not hold a copyright on these files.
I do have what is called a "compilation copyright" on the whole CD.
You are allowed to redistribute most of the files on this CD
individually, but you are not allowed to make and sell copies of the
whole CD. All FILES.BBS and FILES.HTM files are copyrighted by me, as
is the DOS browser.
In most cases, the files are in the public domain or are freely
redistributable. That's right, you can put this CD up on a BBS, on a
Web site or even absorb it into some future CD of your own making -
although the latter would leave you competing with a great many people.
Of the remainder, they are either shareware (a form of copyrighted
material in which wide-open distribution is encouraged) or, in the case
of DPP, OCPP, Phrack Inc., and others - copyrighted and reprinted here
with permission.
Then there's the TAP digital archive - I had to think about that one
before I even began the project. TAP was copyrighted, but who owns TAP
today, 14 years after it stopped publication? Abbie Hoffman? Richard
Cheshire? The Blitzkrieg BBS? For the answer, I turned to TAP's own
notice which said, "movement groups may reprint without permission with
TAP's address given with all credits." I certainly hope after 11 years
of serving the H/P community, that THC qualifies as a movement group,
and certainly moreso than that guy in New Jersey who sells photocopies
of TAP for $100! I think you know who he's helping.
I decided that in the spirit of spreading information that lets people
help themselves, that it was not my right to scan TAP and put it
online. It was my *duty*. I want to point out right here and now that
I am not selling TAP reprints; I am *giving* *them* *away*. Everything
on this CD is also available for free from my BBS and will be for as
long as I can keep it running. By making this CD and selling it to
you, I have saved you hundreds of dollars in long distance costs to
download everything - and isn't evading phone costs one of the things
TAP was about?
There are also about 40 files or so (not counting the indexes and this
file) which I, The Fixer, wrote myself over the years under various pen
names and handles. In other words, I'm *not* a non-participating
spammer who's just jumped into this for a fast buck. This CD contains
everything Tommy's Holiday Camp BBS, has collected relating to Hacking
over the last 11 years. Everything the users have uploaded, everything
I've written, everything the BBS has traded with other BBSes.
o This CD is BBS ready to the extent that a FILES.BBS exists in each
directory. There is also a master file list (ALLFILES.TXT) and a
directory index in the root directory of this CD. However, there's just
no way that I can include file area configuration files for every BBS
out there so I haven't included any. The files I've given you should
be enough to derive a setup for nearly any decent BBS.
o NEW for the '98 edition: If you are running MS-DOS (or an MS-DOS window
in Windows) you can optionally explore the CD with the BROWSE.EXE
program. It will let you read the text files, view the pictures, and
will even offer to unzip ZIP, RAR and ARJ files to directories of their
own!
o All of these files - and more - are available absolutely free on my
BBS. Tommy's Holiday Camp is located in Victoria, B.C., Canada, and
its phone number is: (250) 361-4549. Access is free and full at first
logon. If you live in the United States, calling THC should cost about
the same as calling any other out-of-state BBS - I understand Sprint's
"Dime a Minute" rate includes calls to Canada. Most of our LD plans
here in Canada are continent-wide. If you live in Europe or Asia, you
will find that calling THC costs about the same as a call to the U.S.,
and in some cases actually less! And if you live in Canada, well,
like, G'day, eh, how 'bout them Leafs.
Tommy's Holiday Camp BBS - Shitloads of Text Files Online
+1 250 361 4549
Compilation Copyright (C) 1998 Whirlwind Software