[Freedombox-discuss] Google Fibre to Ban Freedombox [according to wired]
The Free Software Foundation is working on a ?Freedom Box? ? an open-source
appliance you plug into your router that gives you ways to surf the net
safely and anonymously; to help dissidents publish to the world; and to
create open, distributed alternatives to Twitter and Facebook.
That too, by definition, is a server and thus banned by Google Fiber.
...
But Google?s legally binding Terms of Service outlaw Google Fiber customers
from running their own mail server, using a remotely accessible media
server, SSHing into a home computer from work to retrieve files, running a
Minecraft server for friends to share, using a Nest thermometer, using a
nanny camera to watch over a childcare provider or using a Raspberry Pi to
host a WordPress blog.
[ Read More ]
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/google-neutrality/
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