On 03/14/2013 09:48 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> 
> I sort of like this ... to my mind a free social network is an extension
> of the concept of freedom of thought.
>
*** I don't understand the concept. It sounds like a pleonasm to me.
When a society is free, the social network is free. Calling the social
network "free" sounds like admitting defeat and accepting the normality
of a social network under control of... Whom exactly?

> One should be able to communicate uninhibited from constraint and also
> with the access policy under your own control
>
*** Indeed.

> Need to take those principles and codify them, but it's not always easy!
>
*** Especially with the constant attacks on freedom and privacy that are
pushed by corporate lobbies and the tenants of a society of control.

> i consider the application's terms of use as a important aspect
> of the fsn beyond software and apis.
>
*** If the software is free, terms of service should become less
relevant, or even irrelevant, or did I miss something?

==
hk

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