This is the briefest possible reply to curb some misinterpretations that are dragging this out. I can go into more detail offlist.
"Lefty (石鏡 )" <[email protected]> writes: > the answer is [] not [] :avoid anything that runs on "a server". No one's suggested that. > Surely the open-ness or closed-ness of an application depends on the terms > under which it's made available, not where it runs. Yes, but that's not the topic. The topic is about if the *user has* freedom/control. > This "desktop good/web bad" thinking is terribly broad-brushed. Nobody's suggested that either. > [...]you don't even actually _use_ the web [...] it's unclear to > me why one might take cues on For some things, we can see the danger even if we've never done them. Putting your hand in a crocodile's mouth is an example. > the FSF has no apparent privacy policy https://my.fsf.org/donate/privacypolicy.html For "Customer Information", "Sales", "Donations", "Membership", and "User Registration". -- Ciarán O'Riordan, +32 487 64 17 54, http://ciaran.compsoc.com Please help build the software patents wiki: http://en.swpat.org http://www.EndSoftwarePatents.org Donate: http://endsoftwarepatents.org/donate List: http://campaigns.fsf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/esp-action-alert _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
