[About XDA developers] pndwal:
Thanks for your efforts!...

Interesting that the rules proper were last updated in March but still already allowed exceptions-to-registration-required for file downloads:

11. Don’t post with the intention of selling something

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Off-site downloads from sites requiring registration are NOT encouraged but may be permitted if both of the following conditions are met:

A) The site belongs to a member of XDA-Developers with at least 1500 posts and 2 years membership, who actively maintains an XDA-Developers support thread(s) / posts, related to the download.

B) The site is a relatively small, personal website without commercial advertising / links (i.e. not a competitor forum-based site with purposes and aims similar to those of XDA-Developers.com.)

Having finally established fairly conclusively that ALL TG file links require registration, please can you clarify if exception B) above can be applied in relation to the recent discussion about allowing links to principal Magisk collaborator

and Chinese LSPosed developer vvb2060's (南宮雪珊, Nangong Xueshan) Alpha builds from her TG channel?

It appears that exception A) doesn't apply as she is evidently not an XDA member...

Regarding B), her public Magisk alpha TG channel is simply for (non commercial) file sharing and principal notices (in Chinese) about her Alpha Magisk fork, Momo and Key Attestation apps as well as other LSP and Magisk devs apps Incl. Shamiko (now a Magisk staple). However the channel has some 27300 subscribers so is hardy small...

Alpha is a key test fork now available only on TG that builds vv's commits principally, but also other LSPosed Dev's fixes, eg from @shana's (@yujincheng08, LoveSyKun) LSPosed/Metagisk fork (Nb. no release builds are available for that) with contributions from @canyie and other devs associated with the LSPosed community. vv herself has been a prolific contributor to Magisk, probably contributing more than half of the code now in Magisk*, so Alpha has been the principal means for early testing and the first available builds compatible with countless devices Inc!. most MTK based devices for a long stint.

* vv's fixes, and her changes have been at the forefront of Magisk development for some years now... So many major innovations in official Magisk have been developed in vv's Alpha fork and her experimental branches. Just to mention a sampling I posted more than a year ago: MTK compatibility, single package delivery, support for 64bit, sepolicy fixes, several isolated process fixes, fixes for UID, MicroG, process names, file based encryption, mount rules for Samsung, auto-close issues bot, reboot menu, multi-user and shared user id compatibility fixes, hidden apps, Chinese doc translations, offline restore app, unsupported environment checking, fix for apex path (a big one), permission fixes, module Installation fixes, Kotlin code cleanup, MagiskHide stopping fix, Renamable App / single package Magisk archive (developed in cooperation with John).... And countless more recent commits for various devices/compatibility, new functionality and major refactoring of magiskinit injection, sepolicy rules and so on.

Considering the importance of Alpha to Magisk, the desire for XDA members to test it's innovations like native bridge loaded Zygisk (eg. to allow root hiding from many banks) as well as it's non-commercial nature etc, I'd appreciate a considered XDA response regarding whether the exceptions-to-registration-required rule above can be adjusted to allow members to link the releases, or if another exception could be considered/added...

Nb. Even later Alpha builds are often available directly from Devs in the private 1141 member Alpha discussion TG group (eg I have a 26102 build presently), but just being able to supply English speaking users here with official Alpha 'bleeding edge' Magisk releases from the public channel would be fantastic!

Kind regards, PW