Patrick Anderson said: > What should users who care about freedom look for when trying to > find a cloud/hosting provider? > > Keeping https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html > in mind, is there a list of requirements/constraints that a hosting > provider must and must not do to be considered respectful? > > For example, how does noblogs.org differ from Wordpress.com ? > > How does Gmail and Facebook differ from other email providers and > 'social' networking. > > We cannot just be angry with them because of their size; what > *exactly* are they doing or not doing to respect user freedoms? > > If we can make this list complete, then we can build new hosting > providers that align with the mission of the FSF.
You should watch this. I think that it will answer all of your questions. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/feb/08/audio-and-video-eben-moglens-talk-freedom-cloud-no/
