Re: [GNU/consensus] [RFC][SH] User Data Manifesto

[Frank Karlitschek]

On 07.01.2013, at 07:53, Hugo Roy <address@hidden> wrote:

> Le dimanche 06 janvier 2013 à 21:20 -0500, Richard Stallman a écrit :
>> Not all services are SaaS.  If it doesn't do _the user's own
>> computing_ then it isn't SaaS. 
> 
> I'm sorry. I thought we should not use the word "own" ;-)
> 
> To be more serious: That's exactly a problem we need to define. What's
> acceptable there and what's not. What makes wikipedia not your own
> computing? What makes social networks not your own computing? etc
> 
> But we have to make a choice. You call it compromise, I might call it
> transition or progress. The fact is, we do not offer the free software
> solution to people who want to engage in social networks on the web
> right now. For this, people use proprietary and centralised services
> that trade both their freedom and their rights. That's an urgent issue
> to fix, and I think the best way to tackle it right now is to have
> competing, distributed or decentralised free software that enable people
> to get more control over their data.
> 
> Yes, that means not everyone is going to run their own server. Some
> people are going to do that for them. But that is already a big, big
> step in the right direction, especially if we get consensus between them
> on what should be the set of rights users will have, and what technical
> requirements they have in terms of cryptography etc. Which is what we
> are trying to do here, if I understood correctly.

Yes. You verbalized my thoughts perfectly :-)

Frank


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