Re: [RFR] Press release about Debian on public clouds
Le Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 02:26:50PM +0100, Francesca Ciceri a écrit :
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> <p>
> As you may know, starting with the upcoming stable release <q>Wheezy</q>,
> Debian will <a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425";>make
> it easier for its users to deploy private clouds</a>.
> As a free software project, we care deeply about the freedom of our users
> and we recommend to them to run their own private clouds whenever possible.
> </p>
Hi Francesca,
as discussed earlier, I strongly object the recommendation to our users "to run
their own private clouds whenever possible".
First, before making such recommendations, I think that it would be important
to check that they reflect our project's consensus. Otherwise, who is "we"
should be clarified.
Second, I think that this recommendation is not promoting software freedom. We
have Eucalyptus, Openstack and other solutions in Debian, so it is possible to
set up a commercial cloud running Debian, and access it from a custommer
machine running Debian. From the perspective of software freedom, it does not
matter if the cloud is not set up and operated by the user.
The big problem with this recommendation is that it puts personnal autonony
above other factors such as global reduction of energy consumption. It is very
similar to recommending to take always the car and avoid taking public
transports. While I understand that some may prefer limiting their dependance
to other groups of people and respect their opinion, I do not think that Debian
should promote one way or the other.
Apart from this, thank you for the advertisement of the images. Maybe the
press release could include a word of thanks to the companie(s) that give us
access to their clouds free of charge for the purpose of making the images ?
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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