On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 08:22 +0200, Xavier Antoviaque wrote: > However, it comes with a major drawback - you have to store your data > on Google, and you don't control the software there. It's not free > software, and you don't know what they do with your data (which can be > a concern - cf http://bit.ly/aCrwfD ). If we were using Internet the > way it was intended, everyone would be able to install a Google > Doc-like on his own server, where he really controls the data and the > application, like we do with applications on our laptops.
And for those who would like to hear more about this, there are two talks from Eben Moglen on the issue, and possible solutions. I haven't heard them yet, but given that the talks are from Moglen it's likely that there is a lot to take from it. He is the guy who wrote the GPL with Stallman (the main license for Free Software), and is one of the smartest people in the Free Software community. May be a bit too theorical at times, but still : ) http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=1338 http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/641.en.html Xavier. _______________________________________________ Hackit Bar mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://community.hackit.cx/ List: http://community.hackit.cx/ml/ Forum: http://community.hackit.cx/forum/ Ideas: http://community.hackit.cx/ideas/ IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#politis
