[Sugar-devel] Python is good - don't waste time (was Re: The future of Sugar on XO-1s)

[Tony Anderson]

One approach is for the 'cloud' server to emulate the school server.

Tony

On 04/06/2016 10:41 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com 
> <mailto:dave at lab6.com>> wrote:
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>     On 6 April 2016 at 09:17, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com
>     <mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         the service model that is inherent to the web is really
>         problematic from the point of view of children's privacy,
>         security, and freedom.
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>     Nawwwww, it ain't inherent to the model! :)
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> There is the model and there is how the model is being implemented in 
> practice.
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>     Off the top of my head, here are 3 projects that adapt the
>     software freedom movement to the model:
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>     http://sandstorm.io
>     https://owncloud.org
>     https://unhosted.org
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> UnHosted is pretty interesting.
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>     "There is no cloud, just other people's computers," says the FSFE.
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>     "There is no cloud, just other people's computers - that you can
>     rent," I say.
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>     Some people on this list surely own their own home, free and clear.
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>     Many more people on this list surely rent a home.
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>     People who rent a container instance on someone else's computer
>     and run libre software on it are enjoying privacy, security and
>     freedom.
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> I agree. If we design for the Cloud as if it were simply an extension 
> of the local file system we are "renting" then it is not much 
> different than what we have right now. But as soon as we start relying 
> on remote services, most of which as not free/libre, we run into the 
> problems I was alluding to. So it behooves us to show how it can be 
> done in a way that respects freedom.
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> -walter
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> Walter Bender
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