CAVEAT The following README is included, with one exception, in it's original form and text. The only change I've made is the removal of the project which "inspired" it. Please enjoy the product of arrogance that can only come with youth. NAME FreeRipper - rip pages from external sites to include in user pages INSTALLATION Installation is simple and straight forward and discussed at the top of the FreeRipper script. DESCRIPTION FreeRipper allows you to fetch and use HTML from other web sites directly on your site. You simply supply the URL and the starting and ending points to start fetching in minutes Advantages of FreeRipper over similar scripts (such as [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]): experience FreeRipper was written by someone who actually knows Perl. portability FreeRipper is compatible with mod_perl and 'use strict' efficiency FreeRipper doesn't go through the trouble of reading, parsing, and processing POST data (that isn't there) and then never even _attempt_ to use it. efficiency (cont'd) FreeRipper doesn't have numerous pointless page-wide regex substitutions that would be unnecessary had the author any idea of how to use regex's. ethics =) FreeRipper doesn't tell you that removal of the pathetic link back to the script's home will break the script. As a matter of fact, there _is_ no extra output with FreeRipper! NOTES This copylefted script may be duplicated and sold without or without written permission from anyone. This software is available to do whatever you want with. Change names, butcher the Perl, or turn it into a hacker script. The only condition is that I'm not responsible for anything that happens to any code or system after the tarball is opened.
penryu/FreeRipper
Legacy screen-scraping script from 2001 featuring a nostalgic blend of arrogance and Perl.