Just FYI, I e-mailed the author to try to get a correction printed. I don't know why there's so much confusion over this, other than that the FNF has been (peripherally) involved in the FreedomBox project. Might just be the 'freedom' thing, but I don't know.
Isaac Wilder Executive Director, The Free Network Foundation On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 02:38:48PM +0200, Thomas Ruddy wrote: > Melvin > There appear to be an error in your transcription: > > The Free Software Foundation > > > should read > > The Free Network Foundation > > Thomas > > On 07/31/2013 02:00 PM, > [email protected] wrote: > > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:53:49 +0200 > > From: Melvin Carvalho <[email protected]> > > To: freedombox-discuss <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] Google Fibre to Ban Freedombox > > [according to wired] > > Message-ID: > > <cakaeyh+f9yq6mef9rud0vn8gztvlvoqg64fxshwolz-lg_9...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > > The Free Software Foundation is working on a ?Freedom Box? ? an open-source > > appliance you plug into your router that gives you ways to surf the net > > safely and anonymously; to help dissidents publish to the world; and to > > create open, distributed alternatives to Twitter and Facebook. > > > > That too, by definition, is a server and thus banned by Google Fiber. > > > > ... > > > > But Google?s legally binding Terms of Service outlaw Google Fiber customers > > from running their own mail server, using a remotely accessible media > > server, SSHing into a home computer from work to retrieve files, running a > > Minecraft server for friends to share, using a Nest thermometer, using a > > nanny camera to watch over a childcare provider or using a Raspberry Pi to > > host a WordPress blog. > > > > [ Read More ] > > > > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/google-neutrality/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > -- > > Thomas Ruddy, Germany, http://www.thomasruddy.org/ > Privacy in E-Governance http://www.thomasruddy.eu > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
