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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Mads Martin [iso-8859-1] J�rgensen wrote:

> I just got this on the zsh mailinglist. Any comments on this. We've
> blackbox hosted on Sourceforge too, but maybe we should look around for
> alternatives?
>
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
>
>  Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:00:04 +0000
>  From: Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Subject: new SourceForge terms
>
> SourceForge are changing their terms and privacy policy.  As far as I
> can see, the substantive changes are:
>
> 1. They can henceforth change the terms without notice, just by posting
>    the new terms on the website.  (Currently they are obliged to give
>    15 days notice by email, a period that we are currently in for this
>    change.)
>
> 2. They can henceforth remove user accounts without giving a reason.
>    (Currently they are obliged to have a reason, though the set of
>    acceptable reasons is open-ended.)
>
> 3. They're no longer obliged to make the contents of a deleted account
>    available to its owner.  (There was previously a "reasonable effort"
>    clause to that effect.)
>
> 4. They're no longer obliged to provide notice of changes to the privacy
>    policy, unless the changes are "substantive".  (Currently they are
>    obliged to provide notice of any change.)
>
> 5. The privacy policy is acquiring a disclaimer that amounts to "this
>    is not true".  It actually disclaims the entire privacy policy.
>
> Do we want to keep zsh hosted at SourceForge?  For me personally, item 1
> alone is enough to want to remove my account.  Item 5 also seems pretty
> serious, and 2-4 are dangerous.
>
> -zefram
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>

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