savannah.gnu.org 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 ----- >
