Is it possible that OwnCloud could be used, rather than invest the time and energy in creating a new platform?
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Patrick Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Miles Fidelman wrote: > > we have plenty of both FOSS Linux and BSD > > distributions, plus a few OpenSolaris varients > > Very few of these fully respect User Freedom. > > It would be very useful if the FSF would coordinate > a GNU/Linux distribution that both contains only > Free Software *and* is initially light-weight enough > to be used on constrained hardware yet with the > potential for the user to easily add the extra whiz- > bang features they may want on faster machines. > > This platform could be a vehicle for spreading the > understanding of why User Freedom matters. > > But part of this will require the FSF to buy and > maintain even more hardware than they already > own. > > The FSF should also spearhead the creation of > alternatives to Gmail and Fakebook and AWS > and any sort of 'cloud' service. The costs could > be paid in the same way those corporations pay > their costs - through advertising or whatever they > use. > > But to do so would require we put some effort > into understanding how to share hardware in a > way that preserves User Freedom even as it > scales in size. > > Is anyone interested in helping me tackle this > problem? > > Or will we just continue to beg the corporations > and wonder why they will not do "the right thing" - > even though they are legally obligated to NOT do > the right thing, for to do so would be to allow us > the freedom that naturally eliminates the profits > they intend to perpetuate because of their ignorant > choice of investors that require that value as reward. > > > Sincerely, > Patrick Anderson > http://SocialSufficiencyCoalition.BlogSpot.com > http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com >
