Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Alex Balashov wrote:
Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Leland Vandervort wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an operations contact at Facebook by
anychance? Our systems are being overwhelmed by a facebook application
that we were neither aware of nor condoned.
Clearly I do not have all the information, so please forgive me for
being confused. But since when do I[*] have to ask you before I put
an application on my server? If FB put an application on your
server, that seems like something you should have known up front.
The original poster is from Paris. Do consider the possibility that
there are different jurisdictional rules or service terms in force
from your own.
I certainly did not. And I would suggest we refuse to do so as an
industry.
The UN lists 192 countries, and there are several others (e.g. Vatican
City, Scotland, etc.) which others may count. Many of these have
provinces or states or whatever, and almost all have cities, towns,
counties, etc., each of which may have its own laws & regulations.
Operationally speaking (see, this is on-topic :), trying to consider
every single one of those possible laws, rules, social norms,
preferences, political slants, religious authorities, and whatever else
may come into the mix when putting an object or code onto the Internet
is simply not possible. Giving in to it, even a little bit, leads to
ridiculous restrictions and stifling of many things on the 'Net. We
should all push back HARD whenever someone over here tries to tell
someone over there what to do.
The OP responded with a quite reasonable answer (shared infrastructure)
that had nothing to do with local jurisdiction. That is an operational
issue. What laws your country, province, county, town, or church has set
up for you should have zero operational impact on me if my gear is not
in the same place.
And maybe someday we can even get away from that whole "in the same
place" idea. (Hey, one can dream.)
That is a very fair point. I cannot come up with any appealing
counterarguments.
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