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by pimlottc 16 days ago
What does the linked code have to do with preserving other people's code (as per the submission title)?
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Archived version This repository is a mirror of the version currently found on source forge, duplicated here in an effort to no help preserve this tool into the future. I, Julia Desmazes, have not contributed in any way to the development of this tool, all credit belongs to the original author.

In addition to being a command line tool, this tool also used to be available interactively though the now defuncts OutputLogic website.

This tool used to be available though a great web interface. When I was visiting it in the past it felt like the site would be up forever, and then one day I tried to reach out to it again only to realize it was gone. I had once again forgotten how fickle the internet is. For now the only other instance of it is though code forge, but one day, that too might disappear.

So this repository exists in an effort to keep an archive of this code, preserve the memory of what the tool used to be, and do so in the most respectable manner to the original creator.