On 17.02.2013, at 07:19, Hugo Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Le vendredi 01 février 2013 à 10:07 +0100, Frank Karlitschek a écrit : >>> >>> b. If the person can choose _any_ conditions, he can choose >>> conditions that exploit him. Lots of services demand users >> agree >>> to unfair conditions. For instance, Facebook demands users >> agree >>> that Facebook can use their photos in ads. >> >> That's an interesting point. It's true that a user can choose bad or >> stupid conditions. (Like many on Facebook do.) >> But what would be the alternative? We can't force conditions on the >> users to protect them from themselfs. I think it is freedom that the >> users can decide for themselves even if stupid people do stupid >> things. >> >> > > The user data manifesto is not about > copyright, etc. We all agree copyright in its current state is > alienating and that free software is good. This sentence does not > contradict that and does not make an apology for someone choosing > to distribute proprietary software. But I think that would be a > mistake to have that argument here, it is not the goal. This > document does not focus on the behaviour of the user, it tries to > give more freedom and rights to the user by giving responsibility > and obligations to the service provider. So let's not miss the > goal and focus on that, instead of also trying to address > different issues.
I agree with Hugo here. Frank
