Why the question. I'm facing the problem now that I couldn't find the SmartPart for .NET 1.1. You can read a lot of blog entries about the cool smpartpart and they all use a hyperlink to the blog of Jan Thielens or to the download section on gotdotnet.
Now gotdotnet is phasing out, so there is no code anymore. The smartpart project is moved to the codeplex website but only the new version V3 (.net 2.0). So where do I get my old smartpart?
That is why I'm asking the question. How safe is it to write an article about a cool tool or component of somebody else without copying the tool/component. Let's say that the guy stopped paying his bill for the hosting and all the tools are gone.
But even then, let's say you copy the tool/component and use it for your customer projects. After a while everything of that used component disappears from the net, so no support, no backup, no latest version, no contact. Is it safe to use such "open source" free components?
PS: By the way, who knows where I can find the "old" smartPart for .NET 1.1?
- Wesley
UPDATE:
A person I know and who is reading my blog found the "old" smart part v1.1 on a backup. So here it is (in the post attachments).
Many thanks to Bart Segers who still had the SmartPart v1.1.0.0!!