Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Alternatives to closed, non-free webmail services?

[Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak]

Dnia poniedziałek, 23 lipca 2012 o 15:56:59 Dave Crossland napisał(a):
> On 23 July 2012 13:47, Fabian Rodriguez <MagicFab@member.fsf.org> 
wrote:
> > It's up to you to decide if/why you continue to depend on their
> > SMTP (a rather small dependency IMO) or research/reach further
> > freedom
> 
> This is what I don't understand: What further freedom is possible?
> 
> Technically, a SMTP server is just the same as any other SMTP
> server. You might not like to use a SMTP server located in some
> jurisdiction, but that isn't a software freedom issue.

Centralisation of communication is a software and data freedom issue. 
What good are non-centralised protocols and tools like e-mail if most 
of the communication goes through servers of a single entity?

In such situation both freedom and decentralisation of this 
communication is illusory - and the only thing you have to do to grasp 
it is imagine if Google went belly up this minute.

Which is not the worst scenario, too.

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Pozdrawiam
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania

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